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Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Metro-North Must Give Timeline For Train Control, Blumenthal Says Metro-North Must Give Timeline For Train Control, Blumenthal Says
Metro-North Must Give Timeline For Train Control, Blumenthal Says U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, wrote to Metro-North Railroad on Monday, April 23 after Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi reportedly announced two months of “slippage” in the railroad’s timeline to fully implement federally-mandated positive train control.  Blumenthal wrote Rinaldi in response to Metro-North’s reply to an original inquiry about the railroad’s PTC implementation timeline. Metro-North’s reply did not adequately illuminate a path towards full implementation, the Connecticut senator said. “Adding to my …