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Metro-North Crash Intensifies Calls for Improved Safety, Funding

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In May, two trains collided on a stretch of track in Connecticut. But the system is costly—and industry watchers, including the Federal Railroad Administration, have indicated that many railroads are not on pace to have the PTC systems installed by the 2015 deadline Congress set in the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008.

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