Unlike the existing Automatic Train Control System, newer Communications-Based Train Control technology ... is more accurate and more directly accessible to staff in our Transit Management Center (TMC ...

Metro plans to return to automatic train operation ... they can react to those faster." A train operator will always be in the cab even with a computer in control. Metro's main safety watchdog ...

This was caused by a track circuit failure that caused the automatic train control system to lose detection of a stationary train and transmit speed commands to another train which then hit it.

Metro will start automatic ... train operation (ATO) system at a meeting Tuesday. Train operators will still remain in the cab, but the trains will run essentially on cruise control.

“This morning’s issue is similar to one we experienced last night at around 7 p.m. – a server that operates the routing of trains on our ATC [Automatic Train Control] signalling system went offline ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced on Thursday that automatic train operations (ATO) would begin on the Red Line on Dec. 15.

15, the first day Red Line service returns to automatic train operations (ATO). “Yup, I think it’s really exciting,” said Tim Brennan, a frequent passenger on the Red Line. “It has the ...

Image Source : PTI/FILE PHOTO Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during inspection of the working of ‘Kavach’—Indian Railways Indigenous Train Protection System. Amid dense fog in ...

Prior to this month, Metro had not used what’s called Automatic Train Operation (ATO) on any train since after a deadly Red Line accident in 2009. The NTSB ultimately determined ATO was not the ...