LIEGE PLANS ITS LIGHT METRO

A Belgian consortium has developed a medium-capacity, steel-rail light metro concept which will be first installed in Liege with the 16-km line due for opening in the late 1980s. The so-called TAU system uses lightweight cars on a 1000-mm track which permits small tunnel cross-section and prefabricated tunnel concepts. Automated operation is designed to minimize operating costs. The line will serve directly 14% of the Liege population and intersecting bus lines will be redirected to act as feeders to the rail transit. The modular trainsets are powered from a 3-phase third-rail system. Trucks are designed with independently rotating wheels and hinged frames to negotiate 10-m radius curves. Control of trains is achieved using three computers in the operations and three processors on each vehicle. There are no track circuits.

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• Publication Date: 1985-11

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 141
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train operation; Construction; Light rail transit; Narrow gage track; Railroad electrification; Steering; Subways; Technology; Third rail; Trucks; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Independently rotating wheels
• Geographic Terms: Belgium
• Old TRIS Terms: Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455104
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 10:00PM