Federal officials on Friday granted the University of Colorado A-Line and the B-Line train to Westminster another 90-day waiver to operate with human flaggers in place while the Regional Transportation District works toward a final fix of the corridors’ crossing gates.
Both the Federal Railroad Administration and RTD confirmed the waiver extension to July 30 but a spokesman in Washington, D.C., said he was not aware of whether his agency’s safety committee had signed off on what RTD believes is a solution to the .
Last week, .
Federal railroad officials have not yet decided whether to grant a similar waiver for the G-Line, which would allow RTD to resume the testing of trains on the long-delayed commuter train to Denver’s western suburbs. The .
The FRA has been allowing RTD to run the A-Line, which opened a year ago, and B-Line, which opened last summer, under a waiver that requires the corridors to use human flaggers as a safety precaution while the timing of the gates is reconciled. The Denver Post estimated that RTD’s private sector contractor, Denver Transit Partners, has .
RTD’s current waiver for both lines is due to expire Sunday.
