More frequencies on train or metro lines to put an end to crowded trains and endless waiting on platforms.
To also make you want to take public transport rather than the car, which emits a lot of greenhouse gases.
With the automatic metro where software and artificial intelligence replace drivers, public transport groups have found a solution to improve the situation.
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This makes it possible to significantly reduce the interval between two trains because the machine has less need than the man to take safety margins.
Suddenly, with the same number of trains, the transport capacity increases by 20% to 30%
”, estimates Laurent Bouyer, president of Siemens Mobility France which manufactures rolling stock and automation systems for trains.
Thus, there is a train every 1'25'' on line 1 of the Paris metro since it was automated, compared to 1'45'' previously.
On line B of the Rennes metro, automated since…
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