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Port Authority won't say when PATH auto braking system will be operational


So-called positive train control technology that automatically applies the breaks when trains are travelling at excessive speeds will be implemented on the PATH system's Newark-WTC line by "the end of 2016," the Port Authority told NJ Advance Media. (Spencer Platt | Getty Images) (ges)

By Steve Strunsky | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on May 19, 2015 at 8:00 AM, updated May 19, 2015 at 6:10 PM

JERSEY CITY — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says only that it "has made progress" over the past 15 months equipping PATH trains and track with the kind of automated breaking system that might have prevented the deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia last week.

The Port Authority said the so-called positive train control technology is not operational on any part of the PATH system. But it would not say how much of the system had been installed so far, or whether the agency would meet a federally-mandated Dec. 31 deadline for the system to be in place and working.

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