SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 03/2023
Better infrastructure without interlockings – accelerating the ATO rollout in urban applications
Many urban transport system operators are facing the challenge of renewing significant parts of their signalling infrastructure over the next decade. Lacking visible alternatives, they invariably tend to maintain their existing structures and opt for piecemeal renewals. The new and emerging capabilities of digital signalling are not being exploited and expensive technology stacks are being implemented instead, thereby leading to the delayed introduction of new digital capabilities, such as Automatic Train Operation (ATO)....