Railway Safety Act of 2025

This bill creates new safety rules for trains that carry dangerous materials. The Department of Transportation must make rules requiring railroad companies to tell state officials ahead of time what hazardous materials their trains are carrying, reduce how long they block road crossings, and follow limits on train length, weight, and speed. The bill also requires special detectors along train tracks to spot problems like broken wheel parts. It increases the fines that can be charged to railroad companies that break safety rules, requires freight trains to have at least two crew members with some exceptions, bans certain types of tank cars by 2027, expands safety training for local emergency responders, creates a new fee for some railroad companies, and provides grants to improve railway safety.

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