Positive Train Control

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railway signaling system safety technology train control system

Positive Train Control is an advanced, federally mandated train safety technology designed to automatically prevent collisions, overspeed derailments, and other dangerous train movements.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Positive Train Control canonical 42
Positive Train Control (PTC) 7
Positive Train Control (on equipped segments) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway signaling system ⓘ
safety technology ⓘ
train control system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs PTC ⓘ
appliesTo certain freight railroads ⓘ
lines carrying certain hazardous materials ⓘ
main lines with commuter rail service ⓘ
main lines with regularly scheduled intercity passenger service ⓘ
passenger railroads ⓘ
canInterveneBy automatically applying brakes ⓘ
enforcing speed restrictions ⓘ
stopping a train before a conflict point ⓘ
countryOfUse United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasComponent back-office PTC system ⓘ
onboard PTC equipment ⓘ
wayside PTC equipment ⓘ
wireless communications network ⓘ
hasDeadline extended implementation deadline 2018 ⓘ
final extended deadline 2020 ⓘ
original implementation deadline 2015 ⓘ
hasLimitation depends on accurate track and signal databases ⓘ
does not prevent all types of accidents ⓘ
hasPurpose enhance railroad safety ⓘ
prevent movement of trains through misaligned switches ⓘ
prevent overspeed derailments ⓘ
prevent train-to-train collisions ⓘ
prevent unauthorized train movements in work zones ⓘ
industryStandardFor safety overlay systems on U.S. railroads ⓘ
isImplementedBy Amtrak ⓘ
Class I freight railroads in the United States ⓘ
many U.S. commuter rail agencies ⓘ
isMandatedBy Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ⓘ
isPartOf United States rail safety program ⓘ
isRelatedTo Automatic Train Control ⓘ
Automatic Train Control ⓘ
surface form: Automatic Train Protection
legalStatus federally mandated for certain U.S. rail lines ⓘ
monitors authorized movement limits ⓘ
signal status ⓘ
switch position ⓘ
train location ⓘ
train speed ⓘ
regulator Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
United States Department of Transportation ⓘ
usesTechnology GPS ⓘ
back-office servers ⓘ
onboard computers ⓘ
wayside interface units ⓘ
wireless communications ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

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Virginia Railway Express → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
MARC Train → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
VRE → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 → relatedTo → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Long Island Rail Road Atlantic Branch → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Long Island Rail Road Main Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Acela → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
PTC → fullName → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Automatic Train Control → relatedTo → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: positive train control
Trenton Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC)
West Trenton Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Main Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
subject surface form: Main Line (NJ Transit)
Bergen County Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC)
Pennsylvanian (New York segment) → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (on equipped segments)
Siemens ACS-64 → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Hudson Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC) (on Metro-North segments)
New Mexico Rail Runner Express → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Westside Express Service → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (planned/implemented in later years)
MBTA Commuter Rail Middleborough/Lakeville Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC) on MBTA commuter rail network
LIRR Far Rockaway Branch → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
LIRR Babylon Branch → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Brightline → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Long Island Rail Road West Hempstead Branch → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
MBTA Commuter Rail coaches → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
MBTA diesel locomotives → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Metrolink Antelope Valley Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC)
Heritage Corridor line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Danbury Branch → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Keystone Service → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (on equipped segments)
Waterbury Branch → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Tri-Rail → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Sounder North Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
UP-W → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Needham Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC)
Amtrak Acela → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
SEPTA West Trenton Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC)
Coaster (San Diego) → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Metrolink (Southern California) → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Metrolink Orange County Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Lowell Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC)
SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC)
Metro-North Railroad New Canaan Branch → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
New Haven Line at Grand Central Terminal → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
RVL → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC) (implemented in NJ Transit network)
MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
MBTA Commuter Rail Old Colony Lines → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
Main Line (NJ Transit) → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
G Line (Denver commuter rail) → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: positive train control
MARC commuter rail → safetySystem → Positive Train Control ⓘ
this entity surface form: Positive Train Control (on Amtrak-owned segments)