The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans two new experiments to determine the feasibility of security checks for rail passengers and baggage.
Beginning this week, TSA will screen checked baggage that goes onto the five long-distance Amtrak trains that depart Washington's Union Station every weekday. Screeners will use some combination of X-ray machines, bomb-sniffing dogs and handheld explosives trace detectors.
Next month, TSA plans to screen passengers as they board the trains. Screeners will use an X-ray machine for carry-on baggage and a portal that checks a person for explosive residue. It has not yet been indicated which trains will be selected for the passenger test.
Last month the agency completed the first phase of its experiment. For a month, passengers at a suburban Maryland station went through airport-style screenings. The TSA is analyzing the results, Homeland Security Department spokesman Dennis Murphy told The Associated Press.
Beginning this week, TSA will screen checked baggage that goes onto the five long-distance Amtrak trains that depart Washington's Union Station every weekday. Screeners will use some combination of X-ray machines, bomb-sniffing dogs and handheld explosives trace detectors.
Next month, TSA plans to screen passengers as they board the trains. Screeners will use an X-ray machine for carry-on baggage and a portal that checks a person for explosive residue. It has not yet been indicated which trains will be selected for the passenger test.
Last month the agency completed the first phase of its experiment. For a month, passengers at a suburban Maryland station went through airport-style screenings. The TSA is analyzing the results, Homeland Security Department spokesman Dennis Murphy told The Associated Press.
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