Russia: Aleksandr Dolgy, General Director of NIIAS, Russian Railways’ research institute, has recently outlined the current status of the project.
According to him, the Moscow Central Circle infrastructure is being prepared for operation at the highest level of automation, unattended, known as GoA4. This year plans include completion of the LTE network. Other short-term activities are the development of systems to control boarding and alighting and areas with limited visibility.
“As far as intelligent train control is concerned, we are ready for the GoA4 operation. I mean in the next few years”, he explained. Previously, Russian Railways has stated that only one operator is needed to remotely control four GoA4 trains.
The project to reduce the intervals on the Moscow Central Circle to three minutes has been in development for several years. Five months ago, the GoA3 Lastochka EMU has been launched in passenger service and is now operating successfully.
