ARINC Will Deliver Three Major Subsystems for Nation’s First Positive Train Control on a Commuter Railroad

Annapolis, Maryland—ARINC Incorporated, as part of a team led by Parsons Corporation, an international engineering, construction, technical, and management services firm, has been named to provide three key subsystems for the first Positive Train Control (PTC) system used on a U.S. commuter railroad.

Parsons Corporation is developing the PTC system for Metrolink, the 512-mile commuter rail system that serves the Los Angeles area.

ARINC will provide the Computer-Aided Dispatch system with associated Employee-In-Charge terminals for the project, based on the ARINC Advanced Information Management (AIM^®) Rail Control software platform.

ARINC will also furnish the Back Office Server for the project based on the AIM platform. ARINC is currently developing the Server technology under a contract with Wabtec for three freight rail customers.

In addition, ARINC will provide the overall Network Management System for the Metrolink PTC system.

“ARINC is extremely pleased to be a part of this ground-breaking project for the Southern California Regional Rail Authority,” stated Dave Morrissey, ARINC Vice President, Airports and Surface Transportation. “This is an industry first that will set the standard for commuter rail PTC systems.”

The Los Angeles area Metrolink system is the nation’s fourth largest commuter railroad in terms of route miles, and the seventh largest in passenger traffic. Serving more than 40,000 riders daily, the Metrolink system links San Diego County with five surrounding counties including Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura. Metrolink is made up of five member agencies from the five main counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura.

ARINC is the leading provider of passenger rail control systems in North America. The company has designed and built more than 28 rail operations control systems for transit authorities, including the Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control system for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor Operations. Other customers include the Los Angeles MTA, Boston MBTA, the Long Island Rail Road, New York City Transit, New Jersey Transit, CONRAIL, SEPTA, Maryland MTA, and WMATA.

ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial, defense and government customers worldwide. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland with regional headquarters in London and Singapore, ARINC is ISO 9001:2008 certified.

Release: 11-008

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