The NTSB is investigating the role PTC might have played. — -- The New Jersey train crash that left one woman dead and 114 others injured has re-ignited a debate over an automatic train-braking ...

Positive Train Control is similar to a collision avoidance system in a car, and would take control of a train if the engineer fails to stop or slow down. That's a simple explanation of PTC. Making ...

One key safety feature was missing from the stretch of track where an Amtrak passenger train going more than 100 mph derailed and killed seven people. Investigators say that if positive train control ...

A sophisticated safety system that could have prevented the deadly Chatsworth train crash in 2008 is now protecting Metrolink passenger trains that travel on all tracks owned by the commuter railroad ...

No matter what caused Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 to derail as it rounded a bend in Philadelphia, it looks like technology could have prevented the crash, a top transportation official said. A ...

Stadler has received a $500m contract from the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) in the US to deliver a new communication-based train control (CBTC) system. CBTC is a wireless ...