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Feature22 March 2016,
updated22 March 2016Siemens Mobility GmbHMunich
Copenhagen's S-tog (commuter rail system) is the backbone of the capital's public mass transit network. It carries around 350,000 passengers a day - and that number is growing all the time. This reflects the growth in the metropolitan area around the Danish capital where more than one fifth of the entire population of Denmark now lives. So, in the space of six years, Siemens will equip Copenhagen's entire commuter rail network with the Trainguard MT train control system which uses Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) to automate operation. This has made it possible to reduce train headways from 120 seconds to 70 seconds within the inner-city area.
The first phase; the newly opened 25 kilometer section of Line A runs from the suburb of Hillerod in the north to Jaegersborg east of the capital and will be used by more than 70.000 commuters a day. Once the complete network is open, up to 84 trains an hour will travel on the core network - equivalent to more than 1 million passengers per year. The remaining phases will enter passenger service in the coming years.
The first phase; the newly opened 25 kilometer section of Line A runs from the suburb of Hillerod in the north to Jaegersborg east of the capital and will be used by more than 70.000 commuters a day. Once the complete network is open, up to 84 trains an hour will travel on the core network - equivalent to more than 1 million passengers per year. The remaining phases will enter passenger service in the coming years.
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First section of Copenhagen's S-Bahn now in service
In the Danish capital, Copenhagen, Siemens is currently equipping the entire 170 kilometers of the dual-track commuter rail network with a Communications-Based Control System. The project is divided into 6 phases. The first phase (opened February 2016); the newly opened 25 kilometer section of Line A runs from the suburb of Hillerod in the north to Jaegersborg east of the capital and will be used by more than 70.000 commuters a day.
In the picture: The operational control center in Copenhagen
In the picture: The operational control center in Copenhagen
Siemens rail technology reduces train headways Of Copenhagen's S-Bahn by around 25 percent
Copenhagen's S-Bahn is the backbone of the capital's public mass transit network. It carries around 350,000 passengers a day - and that number is growing all the time. So, in the space of six years, Siemens will equip Copenhagen's entire commuter rail network with the Trainguard MT train control system which uses Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) to automate operation. This has made it possible to reduce train headways from 120 seconds to 70 seconds within the inner-city area. First section of Copenhagen's S-Bahn is in service since February 29, 2016.
In the picture: The operational control center in Copenhagen
In the picture: The operational control center in Copenhagen
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Trainguard MT
The demand for public mass-transit transportation services is growing continuously. However, passenger capacity can seldom be expanded as generously as would actually be necessary. To continue to ensure the smooth running of mobility systems, on-track effectiveness and efficiency must be improved. The solution here is automation. With automation, the capacity of a metro line can be increased by up to 50 percent. Automated metro systems make it possible to realize short headway times of 80 to 90 seconds. Optimized acceleration, traction and breaking processes consume less energy. Depending on the degree of automation, power consumption can be reduced by up to 30 percent while simultaneously increasing train punctuality. On the basis of line data, the system calculates exactly how and at which point a train has to be accelerated and braked for it to arrive at the next station on time. The Siemens solution, Trainguard MT, is the most widely used system in the world today and is deployed by more than 25 metro operators, such as in São Paulo, Barcelona, Algiers, Paris and Guangzhou.
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Trainguard MT provides highest flexibility for mass-transit systems
The modular train control system Trainguard MT provides the signaling basis for reliable and efficient mass-transit systems. Trainguard MT includes functions for monitoring, implementation, and control of the entire operating sequence. It can be implemented in different degrees of automation, e.g., semiautomatic operation, operation under driver control, and driverless operation.
Trainguard MT starts passenger service
Trainguard MT comprises all functions for monitoring, performing and controlling the fully automatic operational process. Continuous data communication takes place between the control center, the trackside equipment and the trains via a WLAN radio network. This makes it possible to pinpoint the exact location of each train within the railway network. The CBTC-solution Trainguard MT is the most extensively deployed automatic train control system and is used by more than 20 metro operators around the world.