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Automatic subway secretly functions in Nuremberg |
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The official opening that will welcome the guests from the whole Germany will take place only on the 14-th of June. But already now the citizens of Nuremberg can use the first in the country completely robotized subway. It has been launched in an underhand way, without publicity, to get people accustomed. The new trains have no drivers. This role is performed by the computer that calculates the way using lots of factors. In general, the automatic subways is not only quicker, but also safer as the usual one, when a person controls the train. The sensors on the trains are analyzing the situation and take decisions in milliseconds up to the decision about the full stop. Multiple tests have confirmed the absolutely proper work of the system. Till the official opening 20 new trains will course along the 6,5 kilometer track only on weekends and sometimes in weekdays. They are still in the testing phase: it is better to reveal the malfunctions now, than later, when thousands of people will rush into the subways only to have a ride on a new technological miracle. Especially overcrowded will be the first wagon, where from the front glass of the passenger compartment a direct sight to the tunnel will be open. Recently only the drivers could enjoy this view. The whole schedule of the public transport in Nuremberg will be considerably changed with the opening of the new line. Hundreds of bus and trams routes will be changed to provide a comfortable connection with the subway. Now the line has only three new stations - the main part of the way that goes through the center of the city it shares with other trains. The traffic is there currently in a mixed human-automatic mode, but later the old U1 and U2 lines will also be transferred to the automatic modes. This will allow, especially during the peak hours, to increase the throughput of the tunnels. The computer system can very precisely calculate the whole cycle of acceleration and braking of the train without losing a single second. The administration of the VGN transport company underscores that the drivers that are not more needed at the trains won't lose their jobs. They will be used for example as dispatchers, controlling the situation in the tunnels. In the extreme cases, if there are problems with electronic, the dispatcher can take the manual train control. The first city that has refused the usage of the train drivers was the Taiwan capital Tai-Pei. Along all the platforms there are lamps in the floor that blink before the train arrival. There are no doors between the wagons in the train. The first automated subway in Europe has appeared in 2002 in Copenhagen. In the passenger subway the trains are moving without drivers on the new lines, built in the last years. Glass walls are installed between the wagons at these modern routes instead of doors, so the whole train is actually a pipe. The doors in wagons are opened with a special button. There is also an automatic subway in Turin. It has been opened in February of 2006 especially for the Winter Olympics. |
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