NJ Transit Trains Could be Banned from Tunnels to NYC at End of Year

NJ Transit trains could be kept out of the Hudson River tunnels to New York City if the commuter railroad fails to meet a year-end deadline for installing an automatic speed control system on its tracks and in its locomotives.

Amtrak President Richard Anderson told the House railroads subcommittee Thursday that commuter lines without positive train control, or PTC, could not use its tracks after the deadline, and Rep. Albio Sires, a member of the panel, said he was "very concerned" that NJ Transit would not be ready in time.

A Federal Railroad Administration progress report showed that as of Dec. 31, 2017, just 8 percent of NJ Transit's locomotives and none of its tracks were equipped with positive train control.

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