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Here's an exclusive look at the MBTA's new train protection system on the Green Line

The MBTA is installing the Green Line Train Protection System, or GLTPS, on all of its trains. The agency says the system could be critical in preventing incidents like a derailment in Cambridge in ...
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20 years later, T still does not have system to prevent Green Line collisions

YEARS. HE’S HERE NOW WITH THE NEW QUESTIONS BEING RAISED. MIKE MARIA THE NTSB FIRST RECOMMENDED THAT THE MBTA INSTALL A SYSTEM THAT PREVENTS COLLISIONS ON THE GREEN LINE. NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, AFTER ...
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MBTA collision highlights delay in Green Line safety system

Federal regulators first recommended an anti-collision system for the MBTA's Green Line in 2009 but Sunday's crash between two trolleys at East Somerville Station is a reminder that the system is ...
Dark Reading

Critical Railway Braking Systems Open to Tampering

Researchers have figured out how to spoof the signals that tell train conductors to brake, opening the door to any number of dangerous attack scenarios. When a large, moving train is rolling down the ...
Nature

Formal Methods in Railway Systems

Formal methods encompass mathematically rigorous techniques for the specification, development and verification of safety‐critical railway systems. In the context of modern railway transport, these ...