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Northeast Corridor Safety Committee Meeting

FRA announces the eighth meeting of the NECSC, a Federal Advisory Committee mandated by section 212 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) and amended by section 11305 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (FAST Act). The NECSC is made up of...

System Safety Program

On August 12, 2016, FRA published a final rule requiring commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement a system safety program (SSP) to improve the safety of their operations. On February 10, 2017, FRA stayed the SSP final rule’s requirements until March 21, 2017. This...

Quiet Zone Locations

FRA regularly makes publicly available a list of quiet zone locations by state, city, type of quiet zone, railroad, and related information.