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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 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,...

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

FRA is proposing to revise its regulations for passenger train emergency preparedness. These proposed revisions would: ensure that railroad personnel who communicate and coordinate with first responders during emergency situations receive initial and periodic training and are subject to...

Hours of Service of Railroad Employees; Substantive Regulations for Train Employees Providing Commuter and Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation; Conforming Amendments to Recordkeeping Requirements

FRA is proposing to amend its hours of service recordkeeping regulations, to establish hours of service regulations, including maximum onduty periods, minimum off-duty periods, and other limitations, for train employees (e.g., locomotive engineers and conductors) providing commuter and intercity...

Passenger Equipment Safety Standards

FRA is proposing a rule establishing comprehensive Federal safety standards for railroad passenger equipment. The proposed rule contains requirements concerning equipment design and performance criteria related to passenger and crew survivability in the event of a passenger train accident; the...

Locomotive Safety Standards; Sanders

FRA proposes to revise the existing requirements related to sanders on locomotives. The proposed rule would modify the existing regulations by permitting additional flexibility in the use of locomotives with inoperative sanders. The proposal would provide railroads the ability to better utilize...

Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; Advance Notice

FRA announces the initiation of rulemaking on rail passenger equipment safety standards. FRA requests comment on the need for particular safety requirements and the costs, benefits, and practicability of such requirements. FRA anticipates this rulemaking will address the inspection, testing, and...