Rack railway to be converted to driverless operation

Impression of Stadler railcar for Appenzeller Bahnen's Rheineck – Walzenhausen line (1)

SWITZERLAND: Stadler is to supply what it says will be the first fully automated adhesion and rack-and-pinion railcar for use on in an open overland railway environment, rather than in a tunnel or closed network where there is little risk of an obstacle on the line.

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