Wired

San Francisco’s Train System Still Uses Floppy Disks—and Will for Years

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs the city's Muni Metro light rail, claims to be the first US agency to adopt floppy disks. But today, the SFMTA is eager to abandon its ...
Wired

San Francisco Will Pay $212 Million for Its Train System to Ditch Floppy Disks

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks. The Muni Metro’s ...
WSAW

New rail system brings more train traffic to Wausau

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Wausau City Hall has gotten more complaints about train horns sounding during overnight hours. The reason is more train traffic due to a new rail service in the area. FOXY Rail ...
ABC7 San Francisco

SFMTA's train system running on floppy disks; city fears 'catastrophic failure' before upgrade

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's train system is not only relying on humans to run it, but turns out that a floppy disk plays a key role. ABC7 news reporter Luz ...
Los Angeles Times

LAX’s long-awaited train to hit the rails as testing begins

LAX’s 2.25-mile electric train system will begin running without passengers next week as testing advances following a series of delays. The Automated People Mover system began construction in 2019 and ...
Bangalore Mirror

European train control system to guide Bengaluru’s suburban rail

Bengaluru's rail network is set for a major upgrade as K-RIDE plans to implement the European Train Control System (ETCS), ...