Wireless Bureau Approves Positive Train Control for New York System
The FCC Wireless Bureau modified a station licensed to New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to use its 218-219 MHz spectrum to launch positive train control (PTC). The MTA needs to implement PTC for its Metro-North Commuter Railroad, the order…
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said. Amtrak also can benefit when it uses the same track, the bureau said. MTA also can give New Jersey Transit “access to sufficient spectrum to deploy PTC in seven northern New Jersey counties,” the order said. Metro-North is one of the busiest commuter railroads in the U.S., providing more than 275,000 passenger trips on an average weekday within its service territory, the bureau said. Congress required Amtrak, and many commuter and freight railroads, to deploy interoperable PTC systems as part of the 2008 Rail Safety Improvement Act.