Amtrak ordered to take rail safety measures
By Agencies in Washington | China Daily | Updated: 2015-05-18 07:33
US federal regulators ordered Amtrak to take immediate steps to improve the safety of its busiest route after a derailment in Philadelphia last week that killed eight passengers and injured more than 200 others.
The Federal Railroad Administration ordered Amtrak to put a speed-control system in use on all northbound trains along the stretch where a train crashed on Tuesday night as it headed to New York City.
The system, called automatic train control, or ATC, is already in use on southbound trains near the derailment site.
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