Metropolitan Transportation Authority says that Metro-North Railroad has completed 14 of the 27 safety measures either mandated or suggested in the Federal Railroad Administration’s review of its operations earlier this year. The railroad says it has made progress on five of the measures and has a plan for eight more.
Steps taken since last December include train speed reductions, automated track inspections and cab cameras, MTA says in a May 15 statement. MTA has begun to expedite the implementation of positive train control and Metro-North, along with Long Island Railroad, have begun the process to purchase and install inward- and outward-facing cameras to assist in incident investigations. Two-thirds of Metro-North’s railcar fleet is outfitted with “alerters” to help engineer response time while operating a train. MTA says the railroad designed and procured alerters for installation in its older railcars this year.