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Amendments to Order of Particular Applicability Requiring ACSES Between New Haven, Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts-Extension of Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) and CSX Transportation (CSXT) Temporary Operating Protocols.
Summary
FRA makes two amendments to its Order of Particular Applicability requiring all trains operating on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between New Haven, Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts (NEC-- North End) to be equipped to respond to the new Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System (ACSES). In these amendments, FRA extends previously granted exceptions that allowed MBTA and CSXT to follow temporary operating protocols. For both MBTA and CSXT, the exceptions now run until July 1, 2002, to allow MBTA time to complete equipping its locomotives as required for ACSES service, and to allow CSXT time to complete testing of Amtrak-supplied software.