AUTOMATION OF MASS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS

Today, far-reaching automation of operating including the necessary safety checks as well as passenger information are important requirements for the profitable running of large urban rapid transit systems. Topical developments and the cooperation of engineering consultants in this field are described with the example of a research project dealing with this subject and undertaken by the West Berlin Transport Authority (BVG).

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• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • NICKEL, B E
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 29-31
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Issue Number: 24
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train operation; Automation; Passenger information systems; Rapid transit; Technology
• Geographic Terms: Berlin (Germany); Germany
• Subject Areas: Law; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380220
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: Special ed
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM