FCC Clears More License Modifications for Positive Train Control
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved license modification applications sought by PTC-220, which represents the nation’s seven Class I freight railroads, to provide positive train control. The Monday order covers 31 states and the District of Columbia, in four license areas.…
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The FCC earlier OK’d a waiver for rail lines serving 16 western states (see 2112140087). “We have reviewed the License Modification Applications, PTC-220’s engineering studies, its Interference Mitigation Plan, and all other filings in the record before us, and find that the public interest in facilitating rail safety will be served by granting PTC-220 permanent authority to operate the 2,265 PTC base stations, 16,108 PTC wayside stations, and related mobile stations,” the bureau said: The order will also “benefit Amtrak and other railroads that operate as tenants on the members’ railroad networks as well as passenger and commuter railroads leasing spectrum from PTC-220 to implement PTC on their own lines in the four license areas.” The railroads are using automated maritime telecommunications system spectrum.