CASE STUDY
Self-Driving Mainline Trains in London
Key
Results
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More frequent services
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Increased capacity
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20% reduction in journey time
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Task
Business Problem
Thameslink have installed an automated system to travel through London
There have been self-driving trains on the Tube for years but now passengers are able to ride on the country's first ever self-drive mainline train.
User Brief
Solution
Results
Automating trains will allow trains to carry more commuters
The trains were trialled in central London in 2019
On a 09.46 Peterborough to Horsham train in 2019, a new automated journey was tested. When in central London, the driver pressed a button and the train drove itself through the stations, starting f...
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Sources: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/thameslink-trains-self-drive-programme-tfl-city-govia
What is the team saying?
This is the biggest timetable change there has been in a generation
Gerry McFadden
Engineering Director
This is the biggest timetable change there has been in a generation
Gerry McFadden
Engineering Director
This is the biggest timetable change there has been in a generation
Gerry McFadden
Engineering Director
This is the biggest timetable change there has been in a generation
Gerry McFadden
Engineering Director
This is the biggest timetable change there has been in a generation
Gerry McFadden
Engineering Director
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