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Title: Faster and cheaper: World’s first driverless rail transit system unveiled in Hunan
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URL Source: http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0602/c90000-9223523.html
Published: Jun 11, 2017
Author: (Web editor: Jiang Jie, Bianji)
Post Date: 2017-06-11 03:28:25 by Tatarewicz
Keywords: None
Views: 297
Comments: 1

(People's Daily Online)

Chinese railcar-maker CRRC on Jun. 2 unveiled a new product called Autonomous Rail Transit (ART) in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, and the bus-rail combo rapid transit system is expected to speed up city’s public transportation.

According to CRRC, ART uses rubber wheels on a plastic core instead of steel wheels. It’s also equipped with the company’s copyrighted technology to automatically guide the vehicles. It carries the advantages of both rail and bus transit systems and is agile and non-polluting, Thepaper.cn reported.

ART is much cheaper than ordinary subway, which cost about 400-700 million RMB per kilometer in China. And compared with electric streetcars, which cost 150-200 million RMB per Kilometer, ART is only about one-fifth the investment.

(Photo/Thepaper.cn)

CRRC began designing the ART system in 2013. The first ART car is 31 meters in length, with a maximum passenger load of 307 people or 48 tons. Its top speed is 70 kilometers per hour, and it can travel 25 kilometers in distance after 10 minutes of charging.

The world’s first ART line will be launched in Zhuzhou, with a total length of 6.5 kilometers. Upon completion, it will be able to dock with the city’s mid-low speed maglev train.

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Plastic wheels mean less mass to move but are they reliable in weather extremes, in shock absorption? Seem to be the the first thing to break on lawn mowers.

IChing Wu •

I do not see much added value for such a system as it does not solve surface traffic problems. Current electric bus can do the job with more flexibility. Adding a driver on a big bus won't be a problem and it also assures people with a feeling of safety. To solve surface traffic problem (which is a major problem in China), you either move mass transit underground or up into airspace.

Doc Adam •

"World's first driverless rail transit system" ... but the pictures show a driver, and no rails! Looks more like an electric articulated bus. There are many driverless rail systems already in service elsewhere.

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