Automated Train Driving News
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Siemens and Stadler to Supply Automated Train Fleet for Copenhagen S-Bane
Siemens Mobility and Stadler will supply a new fleet of fully automated trains for Copenhagen’s S-Bane suburban rail network.
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CAF-Led Consortium Secures Contract for Naples Automated Metro Line 10
A consortium led by CAF has been awarded a project contract for the new Naples Metro Line 10, the city’s first fully automated metro line.
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China: GoA4 Automated Metro Lines Enter Service in Chengdu
Two new smart metro lines have entered passenger service in Chengdu, with the introduction of GoA4 fully automated trains from CRRC.
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Škoda Operates Autonomous Tram in Finland
Using its Smart Depot ecosystem in Tampere, Finland, Škoda Group has demonstrated a tram's capabilities to operate without a driver.
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Siemens Mobility to Equip Copenhagen S-Bane with GoA4 Automation
Siemens Mobility has been contracted by Banedanmark and DSB to upgrade the Copenhagen S-Bane with GoA4 automation technology.
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Sensit Will Attend Hannover Messe 2024
Sensit has announced that it will be attending the Hannover Messe 2024 exhibition from 22 to 26th April in Hannover, Germany.
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Bangkok’s MRT Pink Line Commences Passenger Service
Bangkok’s MRT Pink Line has commenced trail operations, transporting passengers on an automated Innovia monorail system supplied by Alstom.
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Montreal's REM South Shore Metro Commences Commercial Service
CDPQ Infra has inaugurated the first segment of the REM automated urban rail system, connecting Montreal’s South Shore with Central Station
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Digital S-Bahn 2.0 to Be Trialed in Hamburg
Deutsche Bahn, Hamburg and Siemens Mobility will introduce an upgraded intelligent operations control system for the Digital S-Bahn.
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Deutsche Bahn and Industry Trial Fully Automated Trains
Germany to test automatic train driving as part of the 'Digital Rail Germany' initiative. Findings are to be presented at InnoTrans 2026.
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Škoda Trams Celebrate Their 25th Birthday
Škoda Group celebrates the 25th anniversary of its first tram, taking a look at some milestones over the years.
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Automation of Île-de-France Line 13 Gets Green Light
Île-de-France Mobilités’ board of directors has approved the modernisation and automation of Line 13. This will be completed by 2035.
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Sydney Metro's New Driverless Trains Start Passenger Services
Four of 23 new driverless trains for the City & Southwest Line have started passenger service on Sydney's Metro North West Line this week.
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safe.trAIn Project to Advance Development of AI-Enabled Automated Trains
Siemens AG will lead a consortium to facilitate advances in operating automated regional trains with artificial intelligence (AI).
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Stadler to Build World’s First Fully Automated Overland Adhesion/Rack-and-Pinion Train
Stadler will manufacture and deliver an automated rack-and-pinion rail vehicle for Appenzeller Bahnen’s Rheineck–Walzenhausen rail link.
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Škoda Group Presents Its Own Anti-Collision System
Škoda Group recently presented its own new anti-collision system for trams at the InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin.
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World's First Automatic S-Bahn Train Enters Passenger Service
Deutsche Bahn and Siemens have entered the first Digital S-Bahn automatic train into passenger service in Hamburg, Germany.
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Automation of Paris Metro's Line 4 Complete
Automatic driverless metros are now running on Paris Metro’s Line 4, as work has been completed to digitise and automate the line.
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Hitachi Rail to Work on World-First Application of ATO over ETCS
Hitachi Rail has been chosen to install ATO over ETCS Level 2 technology across Queensland’s New Generation Rollingstock fleet.
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France: Automatic Train Operation Begins on Lyon Metro Line B
Lyon metro’s line B automation project has now been completed after a decade of work and 387m EUR in investment.
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Germany: Autonomous Regional Rail Travel Takes a Step Closer to Reality
Alstom’s German autonomous rail pilot project has now entered its second phase with testing on two regional trains.
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Interoperability as Key to Success for the European Rail Network
Introducing ATO means discussing what type of ATO intelligence to choose and the importance of interoperability by design.
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Comtest Wireless Gains ISO 27001 Certification
Comtest Wireless invests in their technology to protect the data they hold. As a result, they have now gained certification for ISO 27001.
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Innovation for New Rail Connections and Maximised Performance
Innovation for the railway system means rethinking the way it is operated, introducing connections and maximising performances.