Brightline Trains Florida's and Florida East Coast Railway's Requests To Operate During a Temporary Outage of Their Positive Train Control Systems
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This document provides the public with notice that, on December 5, 2025, Brightline Trains Florida (Brightline) and Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) each submitted a request for amendment (RFA) to their FRA-certified positive train control (PTC) systems. On December 5, 2025, Brightline and FECR experienced an outage of their PTC back office servers and a short-term loss of PTC functionality, temporarily impacting the operations of Brightline, FECR, and FECR's tenant railroad. On December 5, 2025, Brightline and FECR sought and obtained FRA's authorization under FRA's PTC regulations to continue rail operations, with certain conditions and restrictions, while their PTC systems were temporarily disabled.
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