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Railroad Communications

In June 1996, FRA convened a working group comprised of rail industry and labor representatives to recommend revisions to FRA�s radio standards and procedures (49 CFR part 220). The working group examined extensive data and debated how to make the regulations more flexible, thereby improving...

Positive Train Control Systems

FRA proposes amendments to the regulations implementing a provision of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 that requires certain passenger and freight railroads to install positive train control (PTC) systems. This notice proposes the removal of various regulatory requirements that require...

Positive Train Control Systems

Due to our recent website upgrade some of the links in legacy documents might point to the decommissioned site location.  We recommend that users take advantage of the search engine above to locate the material they seek on the current website.  Be assured that we are working...

Passenger Train Emergency Systems II

This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) is intended to further the safety of passenger train occupants through both enhancements and additions to FRA�s existing requirements for emergency systems on passenger trains. In this NPRM, FRA is proposing to add requirements for interior vestibule...

Passenger Train Emergency Systems

This NPRM is intended to further the safety of passenger train occupants through both enhancements and additions to FRA�s existing requirements for emergency systems on passenger trains. In this NPRM, FRA proposes to enhance existing requirements for emergency window exits and to establish...

Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness

Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1994, FRA proposes a rule to require minimum Federal safety standards for the preparation, adoption, and implementation of emergency preparedness plans by railroads connected with the operation of passenger trains,...