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Cityflo 650 CBTC
''CITYFLO'' 650 signalling is a CBTC system designed by Bombardier Transportation and later Alstom. It makes use of bi-directional radio communication between trains and wayside equipment, as well as true moving block technology, to control train operation. Trains report their position via radio, and a wayside signalling system provides movement authorities to the trains via a radio link. Transit lines using the system Transit lines using the Cityflo 650 system as of February 26, 2014 include the following: In revenue service * Seattle Tacoma Int'l Airport, SeaTac, United States * Sacramento Int'l Airport, Sacramento, United States * San Francisco Int'l Airport, San Francisco, United States * McCarran Int'l Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States * Phoenix Int'l Airport, Phoenix, United States * Dallas/Fort Worth Int'l Airport, Dallas, United States * SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines, Philadelphia, United States * Heathrow Int'l Airport, United Kingdom * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communication-based Train Control
Communications-based train control (CBTC) is a railway signaling system that uses telecommunications between the train and track equipment for traffic management and infrastructure control. CBTC allows a train's position to be known more accurately than with traditional signaling systems. This can make railway traffic management safer and more efficient. Rapid transit systems (and other railway systems) are able to reduce headways while maintaining or even improving safety. A CBTC system is a "continuous, automatic train control system utilizing high-resolution train location determination, independent from track circuits; continuous, high-capacity, bidirectional train-to-wayside data communications; and trainborne and wayside Processor (computing), processors capable of implementing automatic train protection (ATP) functions, as well as optional automatic train operation (ATO) and automatic train supervision (ATS) functions," as defined in the IEEE 1474 standard.1474.1–1999 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heathrow Terminal 5
Heathrow Terminal 5 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London. Opened in 2008, the main building in the complex is the largest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom. Until 2012, the terminal was used solely by British Airways. It now is used as one of the three global hubs of International Airlines Group, IAG, served by British Airways and Iberia (airline), Iberia. The terminal was designed to handle 30 million passengers a year. In 2018, Terminal 5 handled 32.1 million passengers on 211,000 flights. It was the busiest terminal at the airport, measured both by passenger numbers and flight movements. The building's leading architects were from the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Richard Rogers Partnership and production design was completed by aviation architects Pascall+Watson. The engineers for the structure were Arup Group, Arup and Mott MacDonald. The building cost £4 billion and took almost 20 years from conception to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MRT Purple Line
The MRT Purple line () or MRT Chalong Ratchadham line () is Bangkok's fifth rapid transit line, following the Sukhumvit Line, Silom Line, Blue Line, and Airport Rail Link. The line is long, serving the north-western area of Bangkok running from Tao Poon to Khlong Bang Phai in Nonthaburi Province. The Northern section of the line opened on 6 August 2016, with travel between Khlong Bang Phai and Tao Poon. It is the second line of MRT system and is operated by BEM under a concession contract. Daily ridership is 70,000.https://www.khaosod.co.th/economics/news_2933591. ''Khaosod'' ,30 September 2019 A , 17 station Southern extension of the line between Tao Poon and Kru Nai consisting of a underground section and a elevated section commenced construction in August 2022. As of April 2025, construction has progressed to 53.4% completion with an expected opening date of 2028. Route alignment The Purple line starts from Khlong Bang Phai station in Bang Bua Thong Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianjin Metro
The Tianjin Metro or Tianjin Rail Transit is the rapid transit system in the city of Tianjin, which was the second city in mainland China after Beijing to operate a subway system (the Beijing Subway opened in 1971). First opened in 1984, the system currently has 11 operating lines and 233 stations spanning . History Tianjin, as an inland harbor of China, has long been a major commercial city. After the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, the number of vehicles on the roads significantly increased, causing pollution. To overcome these problems, the transport authority decided to close the old tram network and switch over to a rapid transit system. However, due to cost, it was not until 1970 that construction of the system first took place. The first section, spanning of track and 4 stations (Xinhualu, Yingkoudao, Anshandao and Haiguangsi), was completed by February 1976. Further construction was delayed due to 1976 Tangshan earthquake, an earthquake in 1976. The secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 3, Tianjin Metro
Line 3 of the Tianjin Metro () a rapid transit line running from north-east to south-west Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the .... It was opened on 1 October 2012. The line is 33.7 km long and has 26 stations of which 8 are elevated and the rest are underground. Opening timeline Stations (southwest to northeast) OSI: Out-of-station interchange , , , 0.92 , 2.38 , - , , , , , 1.74 , 4.12 , - , , , , , 1.18 , 5.30 , - , , , , , 2.70 , 8.00 , Nankai / Xiqing , - , , , , , 0.79 , 8.79 , rowspan="3" , Nankai , - , , , , , 0.79 , 9.58 , - , , , , , 1.36 , 10.94 , - , , , , , 1.27 , 12.21 , Hexi / Nankai , - , , , , , 1.01 , 13.22 , Hexi , - , , , , , 1.45 , 14.67 , rowspan="4", Heping , - , , , , , 1.09 , 15.76 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 2, Tianjin Metro
Line 2 of the Tianjin Metro () is a rapid transit line running from west to east Tianjin. Opened on 1 July 2012, the line is 27.157 km long and has 20 stations. It is mostly underground; all stations, with the exception of surface-level station Caozhuang, are underground. In May 2011, during construction, a section of tunnel west of Tianjin railway station was flooded with water from the Hai River The Hai River (海河, lit. "Sea River"), also known as the Peiho, ("White River"), or Hai Ho, is a Chinese river connecting Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea. During the Song dynasty, the main stream of the Hai River was called the lowe ... and collapsed, trapping one of the TBMs. It was deemed too expensive to remove the trapped TBM, so a decision to abandon the TBM and dig a new tunnel around it was made. This delayed the original opening date from late 2011 to 2012. After the line opened for trial operations on 1 July 2012, it operated in two separate sections unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou Metro
The Guangzhou Metro ( zh, s=广州地铁, labels=no) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in the Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, after those of Beijing Subway, Beijing, Tianjin Metro, Tianjin, and Shanghai Metro, Shanghai. The earliest efforts to build an underground rapid transit system in Guangzhou date back to 1960. In the two decades that followed, the project was brought into the agenda five times but ended up abandoned each time due to financial and technical difficulties. Preparation of what would lead to today's Guangzhou Metro did not start until the 1980s, and it was not until 1993 that construction of the first line, Line 1, officially began. Line 1 opened four years later in 1997 with five stations in operation. , Guangzhou Metro has 17 lines in operation, namely: Line 1 (Guangzhou Metro), Line 1, Line 2 (Guangzhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhujiang New Town Automated People Mover System
The Zhujiang New Town Automated People Mover System () or APM line of the Guangzhou Metro is an automated people mover (APM) system mainly serving the Zhujiang New Town area in Guangzhou, the new CBD of the city. All of its stations are underground. In terms of construction cost per kilometre, it is the most expensive people mover system in the world, yet it is the shortest and least used line in the Guangzhou Metro network. The whole line began service before the Asian Games on 8 November 2010 with the exception of and . This was due to the two stations being located close to the opening ceremony venue. Opening timeline Lengths and stations The entire track of the Zhujiang New Town APM, with a length of and all nine stations are laid underground, making it the first all underground urban people mover in the world. The shortest distance between two stations is with an average of the entire line approximating . Stations * OSI - Out-of-station interchange (only available fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 3, Shenzhen Metro
Shenzhen Metro Line 3 (formerly branded as Longgang line), runs northeastward from to . Line 3 opened on 28 December 2010. Line 3's color is . Since opening, it has been heavily trafficked and became a major transport option for urban workers. Line 3 currently has a service interval of 5 minutes between trains across the entire length of the line. Sectional trains operate on weekdays, between Huaxin and Tangkeng, from 7:15 am to 9:15 am and from 5:45 pm to 7:45 pm. This is to alleviate surges in passenger traffic at , since the opening of the connecting . History The first phase of Shenzhen Metro Line 3 started construction in July 2007. On 23 April 2008, the Shenzhen Municipal Planning Bureau renamed the still under construction Shenzhen Metro Line 3 to "Longgang Line". The renaming was later reverted in 2013. First stage The first phase of the line from to stations officially began operations on 28 December 2010. This section is almost entirely elevat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenhu Line
The Wenhu or Brown line (code BR) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Wenshan and Neihu. It is an automated medium-capacity rubber-tyred metro line and is long, serving a total of 24 stations located in 7 districts in Taipei, of which 22 are elevated and 2 underground. As of April 2022, the line transports an average of approximately 140,000 passengers daily. The Wenshan section began revenue service on 28 March 1996, as the Muzha line. The Neihu section began revenue service on 4 July 2009. The Wenhu line was then named the Muzha–Neihu line, colloquially shortened as the Zhahu line, until 8 October 2009, when it adopted the current name, short for Wenshan-Neihu line. This was the first metro line to be constructed in Taipei and it is the only line without train approaching melody. History Construction of the Wenshan line began in December 1988 at a cost of NT$42.6 billion. It was plagued by controversy, cost over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EverLine
The Yongin EverLine (or EverLine; , Yongin Light Rail Transit) is a fully automated driverless people mover line in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Seoul Metropolitan Area connecting Everland, South Korea's most popular theme park, to the Suin-Bundang Line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, a system which it is arguably a part of. The system is identical to the AirTrain JFK people mover and airport rail link in New York City, using single-car Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit vehicles controlled by Bombardier CITYFLO 650 automatic train control technology. Planning for the line started in April 1996. Ground was broken for construction in November 2005. Starting in November 2009, the operating company conducted test runs of the trains. The opening was delayed several times but finally opened for service on April 26, 2013. A physical transfer to the (underground) Suin-Bundang line at Giheung Station opened on January 9, 2014 and a transfer discount to the line was introduced on Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid Metro
The Madrid Metro (Spanish: ''Metro de Madrid'') is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of . Its growth between 1995 and 2007 put it among the fastest-growing networks in the world at the time. However, the European debt crisis greatly slowed expansion plans, with many projects being postponed and canceled. Unlike normal Spanish road and rail traffic, which Left- and right-hand traffic, drive on the right, the Madrid Metro uses left-hand traffic on all lines as traffic in Madrid drove on the left until 1924, five years after the system had begun operation. Trains are in circulation every day from 6:00 am until 1:30 am, though during the weekends, this schedule was to be extended by one more hour in the morning in 2020. Furthermore, the regional government intended to keep stations opened around the clock during these days from 2023 onwards. It had onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
