VAL MAY BE WORLD'S FIRST FULLY-AUTOMATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT

On December 14, 1973 the authority responsible for the new town of Lille-Est decided to construct an 8 km fully-automated metro. Rubber-tyred trains with no crew on board running at 80 km/h will serve eight unmanned stations, and 60 sec headways can be maintained by a novel form of central control which enforces constant separation in time rather than a space interval.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-1

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 130
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rapid transit; Technology; Thyristors
• Geographic Terms: France
• Old TRIS Terms: Thyristor control
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052083
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1981 12:00AM