As cities continue to expand, railways are expected to become an important component of urban mobility systems. Compared to automobiles and air transport, railways are highly energy efficient and ...

High-speed trains are very sensitive due to their very high speed of movement, so the slightest defect or fault is not acceptable. This sensitivity necessitates the development of advanced and robust ...

San Francisco transit officials have approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system — which for decades has run on data stored by floppy disks. The Municipal Transportation Agency ...

Semi-automated test runs using the subway prototype for Frankfurt’s digital train control system. Credit: VGF. Siemens Mobility has announced that a prototype metro train equipped with a digital train ...

DALLAS, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel (NYSE: ALA; Paris: CGEP.PA) announced it has been awarded a Euro 25 million communications-based train control (CBTC ...

The increasing complexity of hydropower systems necessitates advanced control strategies to optimize performance and enhance system reliability. This paper presents a novel approach that integrates ...

RICHMOND, British Columbia - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has reiterated its call for an advanced train control system in its report on a 2023 collision between two BNSF Railway trains in ...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail has implemented improvements to its automatic train control and signals program, but “is not carrying out some key safety commitments,” ...

Conventional signals have been replaced by an in-cab train computer system utilising the European Train Control System. Credit: Network Rail. The ‘Northern City Line’ commuter line in London, which ...