NEW YORK – The Metro-North Railroad has extended Positive Train Control (PTC) to cover almost 90 percent of the Hudson Line.
All Hudson Line trains, including AMTRAK and CSX, are now operating in Positive Train Control between Poughkeepsie and Marble Hill, a distance of 67 miles.
PTC is a signal system safety enhancement that reduces the potential for human error to cause specific types of train collisions and derailments.
The segment of the Hudson Line now in PTC service includes the entire length of the line that is used by Amtrak. It also includes the Spuyten Duyvil curve, which was the site of the Metro-North December 1, 2013 derailment of Train 8808 that resulted in loss of four lives and 61 injuries.
The curve is one of five critical curves where train speeds have been automatically enforced since December 2013, a key benefit of PTC that was enacted in advance of the systemwide roll-out.
