Status of Positive Train Control Implementation to be Focus of Hearing

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Status of Positive Train Control Implementation to be Focus of Hearing

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 19, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

The Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), will hold a hearing next week on the status of implementing positive train control (PTC) on the freight and passenger rail network by the Dec. 31, 2015, deadline.

Next week’s hearing, entitled “The State of Positive Train Control Implementation in the United States," is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.

Witness List:

Ms. Sarah Feinberg, Acting Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration

Mr. Charles Mathias, Associate Bureau Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

Mr. Frank Lonegro, Vice President - Service Design, CSX Transportation

Mr. Donald Orseno, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Metra Commuter Railroad

Mr. Russell Kerwin, Deputy Project Manager, Positive Train Control, Metrolink/AECOM

More information about the hearing, including testimony, additional background information, and live webcast, will be posted here as it becomes available.

Source: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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