Cap Metro

Monday, October 19, 2009, 2:34pm CDT

Final MetroRail issues being resolved

Austin Business Journal

The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority could be done with the changes it must make to its MetroRail Red Line in January, according to a status update released by Capital Metro.

According to Capital Metro officials, work is under way to address the two main types of issues that remain in the MetroRail project, issues requiring programming changes to the centralized traffic control system and issues requiring operating procedure modifications.

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via Austin Business Journal

Capital Metro

Capital Metro hits
another rail hurdle

Agency says problem with software
could add delays

Updated: Monday, 31 Aug 2009, 10:23 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 31 Aug 2009, 7:04 PM CDT

• Matt Flener

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Capital Metro’s MetroRail hit another snag last week, as Federal regulators said the rail line had a problem with its “vital logic” system.

The system tells train operators when to speed up and slow down when there may be a problem on the tracks.

Federal regulators ran the train system through a test last week to simulate a human error in the field.

The test failed to update the control lights in the field to a safer mode.

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via News Austin KXAN