FRA: PTC operating on 56 percent of freight route miles

March 22, 2018

(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 21, 2018)

Positive train control (PTC) systems are operating on about 56 percent of freight railroads’ route miles that are required to be governed by PTC systems, up from 45 percent in third-quarter 2017 and 16 percent on Dec. 31, 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration announced yesterday.