RAILWAY TEST SYSTEM BERLIN, FIRST OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE AUTOMATIC UNDERGROUND RAILWAY ON THE DEMONSTRATION LINE

On 4th May 1981 the Berlin Demonstration Line for Automatic Underground Operation was opened by the Minister for Research and Technology and it was shown that totally automatic train operation without any kind of human intervention is feasible. Since the start of the project 137,500 vehicle km have been covered in automatic train operation. The train dispatching system has handled 190,000 dispatching processes. Dispatching automatic trains caused a delay of a few seconds. The cause of this phenomenon is explained and the solution, namely a separate handling of the dispatching process, is discussed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • From 9 status seminar on short distance transportation research; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany, 21 June 1982.
• Authors:
  • Recke
  • Kratzky
  • Nickel
• Publication Date: 1982

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 25-33

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train operation; Development; Dispatching; Rapid transit; Research; Test tracks; Traffic delays
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Geographic Terms: Berlin (Germany)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391907
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-8206261
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM