Video: Metra developing and installing Positive Train Control
May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018
Did you know Metra has spent more money developing and installing the Positive Train Control (PTC) safety system than it has raised in fare increases in the last four years? What is PTC and why is it costing so much money to install? What are the other challenges standing in the way of meeting the federal deadline to have it installed? Metra has made the following video to explain the basics of this new safety system.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q9HsDHeEbU]
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