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 34·5 km circular route was selected for testing because it does not share tracks with other lines.…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/2/2019 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation USDOT: Four railroads fully met PTC implementation deadline Employees at work in Metra's PTC lab. Photo – Metra As of Dec. 31, four railroads had fully implemented positive train control (PTC) systems and all others mandated to adopt the technology had…
Concrete Canvas eliminates weeds at Rotterdam inspection point 02 Jan 2019 NETHERLANDS: Concrete Canvas geosynthetic cementitious composite matting has been installed on sections of track at the Rotterdam World Gateway site to prevent the growth of weeds which could obstruct the optical character recognition systems used to identify containers on passing freight trains Concrete Canvas…