Texas: Trinity Railway Express to miss safety tech deadline, seeks extension to avoid 2019 shutdown

By Ray Leszcynski, Communities, The Dallas Morning News; August 31, 2018

The Trinity Railway Express will miss a federal deadline to implement safety technology and is in danger of a Jan. 1 shutdown.

The commuter link between Dallas and Fort Worth is among seven U.S. rail lines that has yet to achieve Positive Train Control certification. The technology monitors and controls train movements using GPS, Wi-Fi and high-band radio, reducing the chance of human error.

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