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Deadline for Positive Train Control Implementation Gets Three =
Year Extension
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On Wednesday, October 28, the U.S. Senate passed the U.S. House of R=
epresentatives’ short term surface transportation funding authorization b=
ill (H.R. 3819) that includes a three year extension to the December=
31, 2015 deadline for implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC). Pr=
esident Obama is expected to sign the bill shortly. This means that there=
will be no service disruption to VRE due to this issue. VRE extends its =
sincere thanks to the entire Virginia Congressional delegation which was =
supportive of the PTC extension.
We are happy this has been addressed by Congress so we can continue pr=
oviding you service in 2016 and are continuing the hard work with our hos=
t railroads to get this enhanced safety feature in the VRE system as soon=
and reliably as possible.
Thanks for riding VRE.
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