NJ: NJ Transit, PATH on Track to Automatically Curb Speeding Trains

Automatic speed control systems should be in place on tracks used by NJ Transit and the PATH by the 2018 deadline, according to a new Federal Railroad Administration report.

Officials of both systems said equipment was being installed.

The absence of positive train control was blamed by the National Transportation Safety Board for contributing to the May 2015 derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia that killed eight people. 

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