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electronic control system

Inside Dubai Metro’s control center

June 15, 2010

Gulf News got a behind-the-scenes look at the high-tech control center for the driverless Dubai Metro (UAE).

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NTSB opens hearing on Metrorail automated controls, oversight

February 24, 2010

The National Transportation Safety Board opened a three-day hearing into last June’s fatal Metrorail crash.

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Feds issue urgent warning to transit agencies

September 24, 2009

Citing concerns about “errant signals,” the National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent warning to transit agencies to check their train control systems.

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Metro trains to run on manual indefinitely

August 19, 2009

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will run all its Metrorail trains manually as a safety precaution.

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NTSB: Metro circuit problem began in 2007

July 24, 2009

The track circuit that apparently contributed to last month’s Metrorail crash had been malfunctioning intermittently since December 2007, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

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Washington Post editorial: “A Broken Metro”

July 23, 2009

Focusing on the recent reports of additional faulty track circuits, The Washington Post published an editorial expressing concerns about safety on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s rail system.

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Metro discovers problems in additional track circuits

July 23, 2009

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has found additional “anomalies” in the track circuits designed to prevent collisions on its Metrorail system.

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Metrorail meets with vendors about train control backup

July 17, 2009

Following a recommendation from the NTSB to develop a real-time backup system for its train control system, officials from WMATA (DC) have begun meeting with vendors.

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Crash inquiry cites driver fatigue and MBTA safety systems

July 15, 2009

NTSB’s investigation of a 2008 crash on the MBTA’s Green Line light-rail system identified two key factors — driver fatigue, characterized as “micro-sleep,” and the absence of an automated collision avoidance system.

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NTSB urges Metro to add real-time backup

July 14, 2009

The NTSB issued an urgent safety recommendation to WMATA as part of its investigation into last month’s MetroRail crash, asking the agency to monitor track-occupancy data on a real-time basis.

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