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Posts published in “Day: January 3, 2019”

Senate confirms Fuchs, Oberman appointments to STB

Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/3/2019 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Senate confirms Fuchs, Oberman appointments to STB The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Patrick Fuchs and Martin Oberman as Surface Transportation Board (STB) commissioners. Fuchs has been a senior professional staff member working on surface transportation and maritime issues for the Senate…

East Japan Railway tests driverless operation

East Japan Railway tests driverless operation 03 Jan 2019 JAPAN: East Japan Railway is testing automatic train operation on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo, with a view to assessing the feasibility of converting routes to driverless operation. The 34ยท5 km circular route was selected for testing because it does not share tracks with other lines.…