ARINC lands Newark Light Rail control system
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefNew Jersey Transit has awarded a contract to ARINC Inc. to provide a new central control system for Newark Light Rail operations.
ARINC will design and install an integrated Light Rail Central Control System, based on the company’s Advanced Information Management (AIM®) Rail Control software platform. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.
“The fully-integrated AIM system will provide NJ Transit with a highly reliable and scalable solution for its centralized rail operations,” said ARINC Vice President, Surface Transportation Dave Morrissey. “Our AIM Rail Control technology is already in service for NJT on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, RiverLINE, and commuter rail operations (at NJT’s Rail Operations Control Center at the Meadows Maintenance Complex). We are proud to be serving rail transit passengers across New Jersey with our advanced, reliable, and field-proven rail control platform.”
ARINC has designed and built more than 28 rail operation control systems for major transit authorities, among them the CETC (Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control) system on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. Other ARINC customers include the Los Angeles MTA, Boston MBTA, the Long Island Rail Road, New York City Transit, Conrail, SEPTA, Maryland MTA, and WMATA.
NJT’s Newark Light Rail system was originally known as the City Subway. It was modernized in 2000 with low-floor light rail vehicles and catenary that replaced PCC cars running on trolley wire, and a new maintenance facility. The system provides more than 21,000 passenger trips on 460 scheduled trains daily, serving 17 stations in Newark, N.J., and surrounding communities.
