Passenger in Brief

By Railway Gazette International2002-01-01T11:00:00

On December 15 Chicago commuter rail operator Metra activated GPS equipment developed by GeoFocus on 261 carriages. The $11m project provides dispatchers with the exact location and speed of each train. The GPS equipment is also used to drive automated on-train announcements. Metra hopes to expand the system to drive ...

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