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Metro automation: A leap ahead

The UITP Observatory of Automated Metros held its 3rd Seminar…

25 June 2012 | By Miryam Hernández, Metro Division Manager, UITP

The UITP Observatory of Automated Metros held its 3rd Seminar in Paris in March 2012, where it presented its 2011 Atlas of automated metros – a detailed overview of the metro automation landscape and an analysis of future trends. This article presents a selection of the Atlas data, as well…

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Championing the case for automated metros

Forty years after the implementation of the first pioneering systems,…

11 May 2010 | By Miryam Hernández, Junior Manager - Metro Activities, International Association for Public Transport (UITP)

Forty years after the implementation of the first pioneering systems, there are now over 500km of automated lines in operation, distributed among 57 lines in 43 cities and 13 airports. Although the U.S. championed the concept with the development of small-scale systems serving university communities, airports and parks, the use…