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FRA Issues $967.1 Million Loan for MTA Safety Upgrades
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FRA Orders Metro-North to Follow Speed Limits
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Friday issued an Emergency Order to Metro-North Commuter Railroad, mandating the railroad take immediate steps to ensure its train crews do not exceed speed limits. The order, issued less than a Metro-North week after a wreck killed four passengers an injured more than 60 others, requires the railroad to modify its existing signal system to ensure speed limits are obeyed and to provide two qualified railroad employees to operate trains where major speed restrictions are in place until the signal system is updated. “Safety is our highest priority, and we must do everything we
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FRA: Passenger Cars’ Vestibule, Interior Doors Must Have Removable Panels, Windows
A new rule recently announced by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) requires that passenger cars’ vestibule and interior passageway doors be fitted with removable panels and windows and also a manual override to open doors. This, the FRA said, will allow for passage if the car’s doors do not open. The new rule also mandates floor or low-level lighting marking exit paths to assist passengers in reaching and operating emergency exists, particularly under conditions of limited visibility. The FRAis adding standards to ensure that emergency lighting systems are provided in all passenger cars, and strengthening requirements for the survivability of
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