FCC OKs Changes Allowing Railway in California to Deploy Positive Train Control
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved license modifications that Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) needed to implement positive train control. Amtrak, BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad use part of the tracks and will also benefit, said a Friday order.…
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“We have reviewed the License Modification Application, Engineering Report, Interference Mitigation Plan, Waiver Request, and all other filings in the record before us, and we find that the public interest in facilitating rail safety will be served by granting SCRRA permanent authority to operate 17 PTC wireless radio base stations, 546 PTC wireless radio wayside stations, and related PTC wireless radio mobile (locomotive) stations,” the bureau said.