ARINC Wins Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control System for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Operations

Annapolis, Maryland—ARINC Incorporated today announced it has won a contract to design and deliver a Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control (CETC) System for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Northeast Corridor (NEC) Operations. The project is part of a major Amtrak infrastructure improvement program for the Northeast Corridor.

The new system will provide Amtrak with a capability to improve the efficiency of their train operations and energy management on the Corridor.

The new CETC system will be based on ARINC’s industry-leading Advanced Information Management (AIM^®) software platform, with a fully redundant architecture supporting multiple control centers and their associated emergency back-up centers. It will have the capability to operate the entire Northeast Corridor from any of several centers located throughout the Northeast, and will support train dispatching from Washington D.C. to Boston.

In addition to Amtrak trains, the system will be used to dispatch freight traffic from Norfolk Southern and CSX, and commuter trains from Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Maryland Area Regional Commuter (Marc), New Jersey Transit, and Virginia Railway Express (VRE).

ARINC has designed and built rail operations centers and SCADA systems on the corridor for the MBTA, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Railroad, New York City Transit, New Jersey Transit, CONRAIL, SEPTA, Maryland MTA, and WMATA.

“ARINC is extremely pleased to be awarded this important contract from the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,” said John Belcher, ARINC Chief Executive Officer. “We are proud to include Amtrak as one of our customers.  We look forward to working with all of our customers on the Northeast Corridor to improve the commuter and traveler’s experience using rail service from Washington to Boston.”

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 9001:2000 certified. 

Release: 08-36

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