PTC deployed on all Amtrak-owned routes

Amtrak train (Photo: Joseph Calisi)

USA: Amtrak has announced that Positive Train Control has now been implemented on all 1 440 route-km of line that it owns or controls, following the final installation that covered less than 2 km of low-speed track in Chicago. All 550 Amtrak-owned locomotives are also fully equipped and PTC operable.

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