DOT Chief: Positive Train Control Coming To Metro-North In 2018

HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Positive train control is on track to be fully functional on Metro-North’s New Haven Line in Connecticut by 2018. That is according to Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner James Redeker.
The safety system, which can automatically slow and stop trains to prevent a crash, is back in the news following the deadly train crash Thursday at the Hoboken, New Jersey Train station. The system was not installed on the train that crashed, thou