FRA delays concrete tie safety standards implementation

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The Federal Railroad Administration has pushed back the implementation date of its final rule on Track Safety Standards concerning concrete crossties from July 1, 2011 to October 1, 2011. The delay in the effective date is in response to two petitions for reconsideration of its final rule that mandates specific requirements for effective concrete crossties, for rail fastening systems connected to concrete crossties and for automated inspections of track constructed with concrete crossties.