Railway giant eyes self-driving, autonomous technology
15 January, 2018
China Railway Corporation, the country’s national railway operator, said it will renew its focus on promoting intelligent high-speed railway this year, Yicai.com reported.
Lu Dongfu, general manager of the corporation, said in order to realize new breakthroughs in smart high-speed railway transportation, comprehensive testing of key technologies, including autonomous control, self-driving, mobile communications and smart substations, will be launched in the year ahead.
Sun Zhang, a professor at the Railway and Urban Rail Transit Research Institute at Tongji University, said intelligent high-speed railways are an inevitable choice to further guarantee safety, enhance speed and efficiency and reduce costs.
The 300 to 350 kilometer per hour high-speed rail self-driving technology will likely be introduced on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou line for the first time, Sun added.