The sheets of the presentations can be found under 'Documents' (bottom right), the link to the recording can be found here: part 1 and part 2

Synopsis Webinar 'Automatic driving in metros and trains'

The technology is available, all the information needed to make automatic driving possible is also available. Yet why is automatic driving so difficult to achieve.

The simplest answer is the complexity and number of interfaces to be managed between metros and trains and their environment. In doing so, we place high demands on the quality of implementation, and rightly so. After all, it must be safe and reliable, the trains and metros must be able to cope with disruptions.

Fitting automatic driving into an existing environment is no mean feat and, in any case, is done step by step.

Jaap de Keijzer's lecture discusses what a carrier encounters when introducing a new safety system, which is also the prelude to automated driving. In the metro world, there are no (international) standards; a unique solution must be found and developed for each problem. Because solutions have to meet the highest safety standards, this is a slow and costly process.

Maarten Bartholomues' lecture will address the problems as they arise in heavy rail: a mixed operation with international trains, goods trains, sprinters and intercity trains. Increasing the capacity of the network is the main motive. Again, development is a bumpy road. Typical of the approach in the heavy rail world is the standardisation that is supposed to pave the way for a common focused approach by industry, infrastructure managers and transport operators. The standardisation arises partly on the basis of a large number of experiments, already realised practical applications and tests. All this should lead, again step by step, to standardisation for the development and implementation of automated driving.

More than 100 interested parties attended the webinar.

Wil van Roij

Host of the webinar

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