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China’s New Driverless And Railless Train Is a Piece Of ART

Ana Maria by Ana Maria
June 8, 2017
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The world’s first railless and driverless train has been unveiled in Zhuzhou, central China. ART (autonomous rapid rail transit) runs on an electric battery and has an autonomy of 40 minutes on a single charge.

The term “train” is a little unsuitable for this electrical vehicle which needs no trails to find his way around town. How so? It is equipped with sensors that help it determine the size of roads and so plan its own route. The self-driving train is 30 meters in length and runs on rubber tires. It can move along fully autonomously at a speed of 70 Km/h and can carry up to 500 passengers offering, thus, new options for easing modern transport pressures.

As you can see from the pictures, it is a little  futuristic-looking and its green colouring suggests the train is eco-friendly, powered by electricity. The train is an initiative meant to help small and medium-sized cities have an efficient, clean and eco-friendly means of transport at lower costs. ART does not need rails, thus no need to lay down expensive transport systems of rails.  “It’s like having a virtual rail for the bus”, said an official about the painted lines that that the ART train follows around.

While a kilometre of metro costs from 58 to 102 million U.S. dollars), a standard-length ART bus/train (name it how you like) costs around 2.2 million U.S. dollars or even less, according to the officials of the producing company.

Whilst a railway track would take too much time and workforce and funds to build, operations to paint a 6.5 km ART line in downtown Zhuzhou will begin in 2018. The train is made up of three carriages, each with a capacity of 300 people. In the future, a five-carriage train can hold as many as 500 passengers.

World first autonomous and railed train has been introduced in Zhuzhou China

china train virtual tracks 2

It’s called ART which stands for autonomous rapid rail transit and it’s the first of it’s kind

china train virtual tracks 3

Right now the train has three carriages but in the future it will be five and carry 500 passengers

china train virtual tracks

Here’s a nice video about ART:

More info: xinhuanet

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About Ana Maria: Ana Maria is an editor for The Awesome Daily publishing articles about anything that is interesting and awesome! Ana has many years of experience both as a content writer and editor in various popular online magazines.

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