Notice 28 Apr 2025 regulations, transportation, safety, railroad, fra, amtrak, ptc

🚆Amtrak's Request to Amend Positive Train Control System Highlights Compliance Needs

This document provides the public with notice that, on April 16, 2025, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) submitted a request for amendment (RFA) to one of its FRA-certified positive train control (PTC) systems to temporarily disable the system for a period of one to two hours in support of the installation and testing of a new Back Office Subsystem environment upgrade. FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public comment on the railroad's RFA.

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Notice 10 Mar 2025 compliance, federal regulation, information collection, railroad industry, dot, fra

🚆Proposed FRA Information Collection Activities for Railroads

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing regulations, FRA seeks approval of the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below. Before submitting this ICR to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, FRA is soliciting public comment on specific aspects of the activities identified in the ICR.

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