FCC Reaches Positive Train Control Agreement With Mexico
The FCC said it negotiated a protocol with the Mexican government to facilitate U.S. railroads' deployment and operation of positive train control systems along the U.S.-Mexico border. The agreement covers the 220-222 MHz band. “Since rail lines cross the U.S.-Mexico…
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border, and since railroads will be using PTC radios both onboard and along rail lines, implementation of PTC systems will affect use of the 220-222 MHz band in the border region,” the FCC said in a Thursday news release. A similar agreement was executed between the FCC and Canada’s Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, the FCC said. The FCC emphasized the importance of helping railroads put PTC systems in place (see 1505150047), Lack of PTC factored in a number of recent train accidents, most recently in New Jersey (see 1609290067). U.S. railroads were supposed to have had PTC in place by Dec. 31, 2015, but got a three-year extension last year after telling Congress they couldn't launch everywhere along their systems by that deadline (see 1510290069).