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Metro to return to automatic train control on Red Line this month
Metro plans to return to automatic train operation (ATO ... A train operator will always be in the cab even with a computer in control. Metro's main safety watchdog, the Washington Metrorail ...
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Siemens Mobility wins $690m contracts for HS2
The contracts will address key technologies for the 225km rail network connecting London and the West Midlands.
400 Passengers Onboard High-Speed Train Survive Near-Miss After Driver Jumps from Cab on Christmas Eve
Passengers traveling on a Christmas Eve train east of Paris have new technology to thank for slowing their train to a halt ...
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Metro demos automatic train operation ahead of implementation
WASHINGTON — The future of Metro is automatic. WMATA is working to restore automatic train operation (ATO) throughout the Metro system, and it’s nearly ready. Metro announced just a few months ...
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Metro to begin automatic train operations on Red Line for first time in 15 years
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced on Thursday that automatic train operations (ATO) would begin on the Red Line on Dec. 15.
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Some Metro Red Line trains go past stations on 1st day of automatic operation
Metro's switch to automatic train operation (ATO) on the Red Line Sunday went well — aside from a few times in which trains went past the stations' platforms before stopping, a spokesperson for ...
Digital coupling: 8.25 million euros for modernization of freight train services
The digital automatic coupling is set to replace 100-year-old technology. However, not everyone thinks its widespread ...
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Metro to begin Automatic Train Operations on Red Line as early as Sunday
by Winston Rogers TOPICS: WASHINGTON (7News) — Metro Red Line passengers will begin getting rides on automatic trains ... there is still a train operator behind the control panel who is ready ...
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Self-driving test of Shinkansen proves successful for JR Tokai
The automatic train control (ATC) system currently in place supports the driver by determining the optimal speed limit according to data such as the distance from the train ahead. The ATC ...
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Metro receives approval to use automation on the Red Line and to run at faster speeds
The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, which has authority from Congress to oversee Metro, announced at a meeting Tuesday that it was giving Metro the okay to start using Automatic Train ...
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Automatic train operations return to Metro’s Red Line
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The way some people ride Metrorail will change on Dec. 15, the first day Red Line service returns to automatic train operations (ATO). “Yup, I think it’s really ...
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It’s all automatic for Metro
Safe separation behind the preceding train is dynamically calculated based ... the Platform Screen Doors, the Operation Control Systems, among others.