All CBTC articles – Page 2

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    CBTC trials begin in Hyderabad

    2015-01-08T09:20:00Z

    INDIA: Test running in ATO mode under communications-based train control has started on the Hyderabad metro, making it the first application of CBTC in India to go live. Tests started on December 30 on the 8 km eastern section of Corridor III between Nagole and Mettugunda. The seven-station section ...

  • Kawasaki Rail Car R142A
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    CBTC trials on New York’s Flushing Line

    2010-05-04T14:32:00Z

    USA: New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority has awarded Kawasaki Rail Car an $87·1m contract for 23 new R188 subway cars equipped with communications-based train control; delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2012. The R188 is designed for use on Division A of the New York City Transit network, ...

  • New York subway (Photo: Siemens).
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    Canarsie CBTC goes live

    2009-03-12T15:38:00Z

    USA: New York City Transit reached a milestone in its programme to introduce automatic train operation on February 24, when it activated the final stage of the communications-based train control system on the L-Canarsie subway line. This route was selected as the pilot for CBTC when NYCT decided in ...