Harsco’s Protran Technology unit, part of the Harsco Rail division, has received an order to equip the Denver Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) entire railway fleet with enhanced safety systems. The systems are designed and produced by Protran.
RTD has selected Protran’s Roadway Worker Protection System (RWP) for installation across all 400 of its train units and supporting track maintenance work crews. RWP alerts track maintenance work crews of an approaching train or other railway vehicle entering their work zone.
Protran’s Collision Avoidance System (CAS) will be installed on the district’s on-track equipment. The CAS system enforces safe operating distances between railway work equipment, track workers, and restricted areas through the use of real-time distance measures combined with audio-visual alerts.
Installations are expected to begin in early 2017 and be completed during the second half of the year. Terms of the order were not disclosed.
RTD provides transportation to 2.8 million people, spanning 2,400 square miles in eight counties.