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Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation using maintenance and logistics software by IBM

April 30, 2009

The Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. is using IBM software to manage maintenance and logistics for its high-speed rail network.

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Metrolink installs high-tech equipment

April 23, 2009

Metrolink plans to install automatic train stop technology at 43 locations this summer and, by the end of the year, all cars will have crash energy management technology.

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MBTA tests “Next Train” technology

March 11, 2009

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced “Next Train” technology to provide real-time arrival information for its commuter rail system.

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Railroad union objects to cameras

March 5, 2009

At a hearing of the National Transportation Safety Board about last year’s commuter-rail crash in California, railroad union officials objected to surveillance cameras that would monitor train crews inside locomotives.

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Metra to add ’2nd train’ warnings

February 16, 2009

To make its commuter rail stations safer, Chicago-area Metra plans to install signs that let passengers know when more than one train is passing.

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Metrolink makes progress on safety issues

January 13, 2009

Southern California’s Metrolink commuter rail has implemented nearly a third of the safety recommendations made by a panel following a collision last September in Chatsworth (CA) that killed 25 people.  Among other actions, Metrolink will install an automatic train stop system as an interim measure until funding is secured for positive train controls. The latter [...]

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Los Angeles Metrolink plans live video cameras to monitor train engineers

December 25, 2008

“A cutting-edge proposal to focus live video cameras on engineers at the controls of Metrolink trains is drawing fire from employee groups and skepticism from California’s senior U.S. senator. In response to the Chatsworth disaster in September, which occurred just after the commuter rail service’s engineer illicitly sent and received cellphone text messages, Metrolink officials [...]

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Connecticut funds computerized signal system for commuter rail

December 15, 2008

The State of Connecticut approved a $2.5 million in state funding to support a centralized traffic control signal system for the commuter rail serving the Danbury to Norwalk corridor. “This is the only rail line in America where a trainman still has to get off the train and manually pull a switch in order for [...]

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