Categories: automatic train operation

26 March 2018 12:58

GTR passengers ride UK’s first self-drive mainline train

Services will run at Tube-like frequencies thanks to new technology 12 routes to cross London, speeding up journeys Helps boost capacity by 60,000 passengers in 2019
MONDAY, 23 MARCH 2018: Govia Thameslink Railway passengers have ridden the UK’s first self-drive mainline train in a major milestone for the industry.
The Thameslink trains will in future use the technology, developed by Siem

ATO has been used for the first time in passenger service over the ETCS in-cab signalling system

20 March 2018 15:46

World-first for ATO on mainline railway

Govia Thameslink Railway, Network Rail and Siemens have scored a world-first by running ATO (Automatic Train Operation) over ETCS (European Train Control System) on the mainline railway in passenger service