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Overview
The Métro has 214 kilometres (133 mi) of track[3] and 303 stations,[1] 62 connecting between lines.[4] These figures do not include the RER network. The average distance between stations is 562 m (1,844 ft). Trains stop at all stations.[16] Lines do not share tracks, even at interchange (transfer) stations.
Trains average 20 km/h (12.4 mph) with a maximum of 70 km/h (43 mph) on all but the automated driverless trains of line 14, which average 40 km/h (25 mph) and reach 80 km/h (50 mph). An average interstation trip takes 58 seconds.[citation needed] Trains travel on the right. The track is standard gauge but the loading gauge is smaller than the mainline SNCF network. Power is from a lateral third rail, 750 V DC, except on the rubber-tyred lines where the current is from guide bars.
The loading gauge is small compared to those of newer metro systems (but comparable to that of early European metros), with capacities of between about 560 and 720 passengers per train on Lines 1–14. Many other metro systems (such as those of New York and London) adopted expanded tunnel dimensions for their newer lines (or used tunnels of multiple sizes almost from the outset, in the case of Boston), at the cost of operating incompatible fleets of rolling stock. Paris built all lines to the same dimensions as its original lines. Before the introduction of rubber-tire lines in the 1950s, this common shared size theoretically allowed any Metro rolling stock to operate on any line, but in practice each line was assigned a regular roster of trains.
A feature is the use of rubber-tired trains on five lines: this technique was developed by RATP and entered service in 1951.[17] The technology was exported to many networks around the world (including Montreal, Mexico City, and Santiago). Lines 1, 4, 6, 11 and 14 have special adaptations to accommodate rubber-tyred trains. Trains are composed of 3 to 6 cars depending on the line, the most common being 5 cars (line 14 may have 8 cars in the future), but all trains on the same line have the same number of cars.
The Metro is designed to provide local, point-to-point service in Paris proper and service into the city from some close suburbs. Stations within Paris are very close together to form a grid structure, ensuring that every point in the city is close to a metro station (less than 500 metres or 1,600 feet), but this makes the service slow 20 km/h (12 mph), except on Line 14 where the stations are farther apart and the trains travel faster. The low speed virtually precludes feasible service to farther suburbs, which are serviced by the RER.
The metro is mostly underground; surface sections include sections on viaduct in Paris (lines 1, 2, 5 and 6) and at the surface in the suburbs (lines 1, 5, 8 and 13). In most cases both tracks are laid in a single tunnel. Almost all lines follow roads, having been built by the cut-and-cover method near the surface (the earliest by hand). Line 1 follows the straight course of the Champs-Elysées and on other lines some stations (for example, Commerce) have platforms that do not align: the street above is too narrow to fit both platforms opposite each other. Many lines have very sharp curves. The specifications established in 1900 required a very low minimum curve radius by railway standards, but even this was often not fully respected, for example near Bastille and Notre Dame de Lorette. Parts of the network are built at depth, in particular a section of line 12 under Montmartre, the sections under the Seine, and all of line 14.
Lines 7 and 13 have two terminal branches.
Here's a closer look ! Apparently, the formwork on the left is one of the platforms,(actually I think it's going to be an island platform) the beginnings of the concourse is the horizontal beam in the centre.
Jacksonville, FL
This is an automated (driverless) monorail that's part of Jacksonville's public transit system. Cars run 5 -6 minutes apart and it's free to ride.
DLR London City Airport station. A bit of a trek from central London but it's an interesting journey on the DLR driverless train with what I believe to be a photogenic destination as your reward. I was hoping to catch a moving train on both platforms but that will have to wait for the future.
First day of Christmas/New Year holiday.
And, what with the cold, sore shoulder, allergies and the rest, I would rather just curl up in bed, at least for the first day off, seeing as I was away the first three days of the week. But no.
All the stuff we do, the places we visit, the plants and butterflies, churches and trains are pretty much always my idea.
Yeah, I know, hard to believe, huh?
Jools sometimes likes to do things, sometimes I don't want to tag along for, sometimes I do. But back in November, the original plan when we visited the Blake exhibition was to go to Greenwich for the Moon exhibition. Circumstances meant that we didn't leave the pub until it was nearly time to go home.
I know, how could that happen?
Well, with both of us off on Thursday, we booked tickets for Moon, and planned our trip up to that London.
I didn't much feel like it, but I knew there was always a photographic opportunity and double so as near to the exhibition there is The Queen's house and the very photogenic Tulip Stairs.
OK, I'm in.
Our initial plan was to catch an early train, but study of the ticket prices showed that if we waited until arriving in London after ten, halved the ticket price. It would have cost £144 for the two of us, a hundred of that on the outward trip alone.
So we have to wait, and fritter away the morning and daylight at home, having breakfast, coffee, more coffee and taking a shower.
So, at quarter past nine we load the car with ourselves, and for me a single camera(!), well, the compact doesn't really count as I always carry that, but one DSLR with the nifty fifty attached, drive down Station Road to the, er, station.
We get our tickets, and wait on the platform, while other passengers arrived, meaning there was a good 20 of us by the time the train arrived.
It was always going to be busy, but it seems that Thursday was also the first day of the school holidays, so the train would be packed. And it was, packed, by the time we left Folkestone, standing room only. We had seats, mind.
We get off at Stratford, then walk through the gaudy glitz that is Westfield, marvelling at the glittery crap that was in the windows: who buys this tat? Well, most of the people around us, already laden down with armfuls of shopping bags.
We travel light.
At Statford Regional, we stop for a mid-morning snack of lamb samaosas from the small kiosk, then take the warm delicacies to the DLR train waiting to take us to the ultra-modern dystopia that is Canary Wharf.
Running out of Stratford, we see the Crossrail tracks dive into the ground marking where the central section begins in the east of London. Pudding Mill Lane station has been moved to allow the tunnel to be built, so we can no longer use it to snap railtours heading to East Anglia.
More's the pity.
We have front seats of the driverless train, meaning we see the tracks stretching along to the old Bryant and May match factory, before the line turns south to Poplar and Canary Wharf.
We change trains for one going to Lewisham, again taking front seats so we could enjoy the view as the tracks weave their way through massive skyscrapers, before dropping to street level for the run to the river, along which, normal people live, rather than where the super-rich work.
Through my favourite named station, Mudchute, and itno the tunnel under the river to Greenwich.
Greenwich is another world. dominated by the old hospital, observatory and other magnificent buildings, it is a tourist trap, but spacious too, and not many people sunbathing in Greenwich Park on a mild but damp Thursday morning in December.
We walk along the main road, then along to the Maritime Museum, then down steps to the exhibition area. Jools has the tickets on her phone scanned, and we're in.
The exhibition was rather good, as it examined our relationship through art and science with the moon, not just about the moon landings. It was rather fascinating, as we knew it would be.
Lots to see and enjoy, works of art, scientific documents and tools. And videos to watch and learn yet more stuff.
And it was pretty quiet, with just a few other visitors who were quiet too, and took time in looking at each piece.
After an hour, we were done, and from the museum it is a short walk to the Queen's House.
It was built by Charles 1st, before he lost his head, and designed by Indigo Jones. I mean, the King didn't build it, he paid for it. Or the country paid for it. You know what I mean.
And part of the orginal building was the fabulous "Tulip Stairs", which might not actually tulips, but are stairs. When I say not tulips, I mean representation of tulips.
You know.
We walk past the ice skating rink, which is blaring out Christmas songs, nearly downed out by the screaming of children and teens as they fall over and over.
We walk by to the basement entrance to the house. We are greeted, told where to go, and there is no charge, just a voluntary contribution.
I rush on hoping to see the stairs, but the modern stairs we climb up open onto a large entrance hall with a stunning black and white tiled floor.
But through the arch to the right, I saw the risers of te Tulip Stairs. I walk towards the stairwell and find I am the only one there, so I can snap away to my hearts content.
Mwah ha ha.
I snap it from the bottom, middle, with both the DSLR and compact.
Then out onto the balcony to snap the floor of the reception room from abaove.
We explored the ajoining rooms, all lavishly decorated and filled with paintings, including the "Armada" portrait of Elizabeth I.
I snap that too.
By now it was raining outside, so we beat retrat to a pie and mash shop we had spotted near to the station. We go in an I have beef pie and mash, Jools has chicken and mushroom pie and mash, bit covered in liquor, a sauce flavoured with parsley.
I have wanted to try proper pie and mash for ages, now I have, and well. Pie and mash was once a staple of tradition London food, with shops all over the East End, most have closed, but this one remains, and worth a visit.
Outside, it was raining harder than ever.
So we rush to the station and get a train to Bank Station in the City.
From there we catch another train to Embankment, as we were to check on whether my Granddad's medals have been mounted. We had dropped them off back in November, and heard nothing.
In among the theatres is the London Medal Centre, and after some searching, they bring out the frame, and it looks fabulous. I mean, really good.
The medals have been remounted with new ribbons, the medals polished and the photograph trimmed so it is now straight.
We were going to head to Regent Street to see the Christmas lights, but it would be even more corwded than here. So, I make an executive decision that we would head home.
Now.
Jools didn't argue.
Back to the underground, north one stop to Leicester Square and change onto the Piccadilly Line to Kings Cross.
There was time to get a snack from M&S before we go up to the platform to wait for the Dver train to pull i so we could nab a seat.
A waratah sits on Platform 2 at Macquarie Park with a Hornsby service from the City via the North Shore.
On the 30th September 2018, the Epping - Chatswood Rail Link (ECRL) was closed to be converted to a "Metro" as part of the Sydney Metro project, a driverless train system running from Tallawong, near Riverstone, to Sydenham, with plans to extend to Bankstown.
Sunday 23rd September 2018
the base system is a usb->i2s platform. I'm tapping into the i2s lines to drive this DAC chip.
3 wire ribbon cable carries i2s (bit clock, word clock, data), which comes from the pc via a usb port. that big atmel chip implements usb audio class 2 (asynch) at up to 192k/24bits. driverless on linux!
blue/red wire is power 5v and gnd. chip carrier uses 3 3.3v ldo regulators.
small blue wire is system clock (from either of the 2 xtals on the pcb). red/black wire is the line-out, going to the rca jacks.
This little bus came out from a side parking area in front of me, in Geraldton. Mind you, it wasn't going all that fast.......until 'the penny dropped'
It was one of those RAC Intellibus set ups.
An Australian first, driverless bus and electric vehicle trial on public roads......too scary for me to go for ride in one of them, haha. Even if walking pace!
Masdar City (مدينة مصدر, Madīnat Maṣdar) is an arcology project in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. The initial design banned automobiles, as travel will be accomplished via public mass transit and personal rapid transit (PRT) systems, with existing road and railways connecting to other locations outside the city.
Looking out the front - or the back - or a driverless train!
Sydney Metro has stolen the show at this years Sydney Royal Easter with a mock-up of a typical carriage soon to be carrying passengers on the Sydney Metro - Northwest.
We got there early on the first Friday to photograph the event.
22 six car trains have been ordered. Trains are due to start running early in 2019
A volunteer holds the sign for the Driverless Car workshop at the start of the second day of Xplore Engineering on North Campus on Friday, July 1, 2022, in Ann Arbor.
In the workshop students learned how cars uses sensors, programming logic, and controls, then incorporated those elements into a semi-autonomous vehicle which they raced through a maze.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Originally shared by +CCTV News
A driverless subway train rolled off the production line in east China's Qingdao city, Shandong Province, on Friday, marking a new breakthrough in China’s metro technology.The train, which is likely to be put into service in Beijing after undergoing trials this year, is completely automated. It can be started, operated, parked and even washed using remote controls, reports the Xinhua News Agency.But are these new trains safe?When asked that question, Jiang Xin, a head technician at the state-owned high-speed train maker CRRC Qingdao Sifang, said, “it’s fully automated but can actually run more safely and effectively compared to trains controled by humans.”“These trains can not only help reduce operational failures caused by human error but also help avoid accidents caused by factors such as driver fatigue or sudden illness of staff,” he added.The new trains are also equipped with high-tech detection devices, which help identify obstacles along the route and ensure that the train stops in case of a derailment.If needed, the trains can also be shifted from automatic to manual mode.
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The Aerotrain is a driverless people mover system located within the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. Opened in 1998, the Aerotrain consists of two stations, one in the Main Terminal Building and the other in Satellite Building A. The system transports passengers between the two terminals. Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (IATA: KUL, ICAO: WMKK) is Malaysia's main international airport and is also one of the major airports of South East Asia serving the Greater Klang Valley conurbation. Built at a cost of US$3.5 billion in Sepang district of Selangor, it is located approximately 60 kilometres from the city centre of Kuala Lumpur. The airport can currently handle 40 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo a year. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Metro Taipei Circular Line Driverless 116
台北捷運環狀線電聯車 116
Circular Line Shisizhang Station 環狀線 十四張站
Xiandian District, New Taipei City / 新北市新店區
Alan Murray, Chief Content Officer, Time, USA.Violeta Bulc, Commissioner, Transport, European Commission, Brussels.Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Renault-Nissan Alliance, France.Paul E. Jacobs, Executive Chairman, Qualcomm, USA.Wendell Wallach, Scholar, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University, USA.speaking during the Session "Shifting Gears to Driverless" at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 20, 2017
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Copenhagen Metro, which opened in 2002, was the first metro system to use the AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro, manufactured in Italy. There are plans to use it in several other metro or light-metro lines currently under construction in cities like Rome, Milan, Brescia, Thessaloniki or Taipei.
Was out learning panning techniques today when I shot what appears to be a driverless traffic car passing St Dunstans on the A259.
I knew police cuts were in the news on Monday - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11288184 but this is surely going too far?
Hit by another ARRIVA bus so no big deal - driver probably used to 13.7m versions but driving 14.9m 1192 today
A driverless two car train at Kuala Lumpur Internationa airport that takes you from the landing area (satellite terminal) to the main terminal building for immigration. The train is behind glass, when it stops, the train's doors synchronise perfectly with the sliding doors on the glass partition. Both open simultaneously. We had ridden a similar train at the Hong Kong airport just a couple of days ago. For a clearer picture of this people mover, please see my Jan/ Feb. 2012 set. (Aug. 2002)(Loss of colour and quality due to scan from print: photo was taken on 35mm film).
Navya, a company based in Lyon, France, is demonstrating its driverless, automated electric Arma minibus in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park during September.
Introduced in October 2015, there are already 45 of these vehicles in service in eight locations worldwide; they have eight fixed seats and three tip-ups with space for standing passengers, luggage or a wheelchair. Each battery charge lasts an average of nine hours and the vehicle has a top speed of 25 km/h.
The company describes the Arma as being for "first and last mile transportation", suggesting it could have a role in transporting people between their front door and bus/tram stops or rail stations. The London demonstration runs depart from the Timber Lodge Cafe inside the Park, and are open for the public to ride on; a representative is on board to oversee operation and to answer questions about the vehicle and the technology. It was successfully operating on Friday 8th September and I was fortunate to get a ride, although there did seem to be a lot of fiddling round with the electrics between runs.
If you want to see the Arma in action and (hopefully!) have a free ride, it is due to be demonstrated between 10.00 and 17.00 on the following dates in September:
Monday 11th - Friday 15th
Sunday 17th - Friday 22nd
Monday 25th
Wednesday 27th - Saturday 30th
And if you are really impressed, you can apparently order one of your own for a cool £260,000.
More about the Navya Arma on their website: navya.tech/
Looking into the tunnel (from a safe distance) I got this shot of a DLR car heading towards Cutty Sark station
Kralingse Zoom 14-02-2018. The ParkShuttle is an electronically guided driverless vehicle that runs on a buslane between Kralingse Zoom bus and metro station in Rotterdam, and the Rivium in Capelle aan den IJssel. The vehicles are operated by Connexxion, may carry 20 passengers and are built by Spijkstaal.
This photo shows the bus lane and the trackt the tires make by running exactly on the same place ever time.
The metro in Copenhagen is driverless, so you can sit right up front and get a great view. Looks better with the camera, though.
Rivoluzione nel mondo dell'auto: Tesla ha pronta la tecnologia driverless via ---> www.diggita.it/v.php?id=1454718
One of Sydney Metro North Wests new driverless trains. Set TS09 under test at the Schofields Facility.
Another shot of the train on the test track.
Metro after dark & with a sprinkling of rain to boot. western end of the platform at Tallawong Station.
In conjunction with Beep, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) is conducting a three-month trial of a driverless bus provided by Autonomous Vehicles Advantage. It has seats for eight passengers and runs along Beach Drive, between the Dali Museum and the Tampa Bay Ferry Terminal. It is free to ride.
Stanley, an autonomous vehicle that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, hitches a ride from the National Museum of American History to the National Air and Space Museum where it will go on display in the Time and Navigation exhibition.
Image Number: WEB12639-2012
Credit: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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The Dubai Metro System is a driverless one with pretty stations. This is the Ggico Station, close to the airport.
Press L to view large on black
O metro de Dubai trabalha sem condutores e tem umas belas estações. Esta é a estação Ggico, perto do aeroporto.
Tecle L para ver em tamanho grande
During the 1960s the Transport and Road Research Laboratory in Crowthorne, Berkshire, conducted some experiments with "Driverless Cars". The agency had anticipated problems of limited roadways and conjection and sought to solve that by modifying the nature of a personal car with features similar tot he autopilot in an airplane. It was thought that affordable systems could be incorporated in existing cars and trucks, which could interact with magnetic cabling embedded in motorways so that a much higher density of cars could use the limited roadway syatem.
The Citoren DS19 was one of several cars used for this experimentation. Others included a Standard vanguard and an Austin Mini. The DS was chosen because of the high pressure hydraulic suspension, braking and steering system. The hydraulic steering int he DS could be actuated in small inrements and with precision. The braking system in the DS also requires very little actuation for considerable effort. The suspension system in a DS ensures a very secure road holding characteristic. In experiments the driverless DS could go around the test track at 80 mph without deviation of speed or direction in any weather conditions, and in a far more effective way than by human control.
Research continued in the '70s with cruise control devices activated by signals in the cabling beneath the tracks. Cost benefit analyses were made and it was found that the investement in automation on the British road system could be repaid by the year 2000 and would insure 50% increase in road use whilst reducing accidents by 40%. Funding for these experiments was withdrawn by the mid 1970s. Ironically current technological developments like GPS, mobile phone systems in cars, sensors, CCTV cameras and highway control centres echo a lot of the thinking behind the TRRL Citroen DS.
White Hart Dr is the next street to be crossed by the viaduct any day now. The blue apparatus holds the deck sections when the conventional crane lifts them into it.
Visit to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan on January 23, 2015.
Look at what the Chinese are producing these days. This is their version of a "driverless" concept.
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