In Kazan prepare pilotless trains of the subway for start

In the middle of August, 2020 it became known that in Kazan prepare for start pilotless trains for the subway. The management of Transmashholding at a meeting in the government house of Tatarstan proposed to implement such system. The president of the region Rustam Minnikhanov approved an initiative.

It is the attractive idea [transfer of the Kazan subway on a pilotless system — a comment of TAdviser]. Process automation ensures more reliable functioning. It is possible to combine our efforts on development and deployment of the pilotless movement — Minnikhanov said.

He charged to create the working group for more detailed studying of a question. Representatives of the Ministry of Transport and Road Facilities of the Republic of Tatarstan, Metroelektrotrans Municipal Unitary Enterprise, executive committee of Kazan and Transmashholding will enter into it.

In Kazan prepare pilotless trains of the subway for start

Transmashholding showed the presentation of self-driving trains. In it it was reported that control of structure is exercised on a radio channel. The managing director of JSC Transmashholding Andrey Romanchikov emphasized that the pilotless movement in the subway is focused on the passenger and contributes to the development of poorly populated energy efficient technologies.

No program for the pilotless movement is involved in one subway of Russia. The Kazan subway is ready to implementation of this project: the worker of group together with representatives of the Ministry of Transport of RT, executive committee of Kazan, JSC Transmashholding which will consider all features of work of the Kazan subway was created, – the deputy CEO for security and the mode of Metroelektrotrans Municipal Unitary Enterprise Mahomed Samigullin reported to RBC Tatarstan.

The senior research associate of the center of a research of transport problems of the HSE Pavel Zyuzin considers that need of implementation of pilotless trains in Kazan raises doubts as to regional measures is the not most loaded subway in Russia.

By August 18, 2020 in the subway of Kazan 14 four-carriage electric trains ply. The subway consists of one branch the extent of 16.7 km with 11 stations.^[1]

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