SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 06/2018
The introduction of highly automatic operation – towards fully automatic train operation
One of the greatest challenges of our age involves ensuring cost-effective, sustainable mobility in the face of increasing demand. This applies to all types of transport, both passenger and freight traffic, equally. For example, the 2030 transport forecast study commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure assumes considerable increases in transport capacity of approximately 20% in passenger rail transport and about 40% in freight rail transport in Germany by the year 2030 in comparison with 2010 [1]....