Moreover, an ATM technician in New Jersey told the BBC that the cost of upgrading these systems is steep, with new hardware, regulatory hurdles, and custom software rewriting all adding up.

Compared with the pure electromagnetic suspension system, the hybrid suspension system has the characteristics of lower energy consumption, can indirectly increase the safety of the system, and reduce ...

Automatic Train Operation (ATO): A system that automates aspects of train driving, utilising advanced software and sensor networks for autonomous control. Model Predictive Control (MPC): An ...

Railway traffic control is a complex multilevel system, research, and enhancement of which could make use of mathematical modeling. Simulation of infrastructural elements is a set of methods used in ...

Last week's Amtrak crash outside Philadelphia that killed 8 people has re-ignited the call for a nationwide network of “positive train control” systems. Voices have been clamoring about ...

In transit control centers, dispatchers rely on multi-monitor displays and video walls as they manage the movement of trains traversing the nation’s rail systems. This universal technology ...

A computer-based system designed to prevent train accidents has been stalled by high costs and technological hurdles. It was not being used by the train that derailed Monday in Washington state ...