Metro may not return to smoother, more efficient automatic train operation for five to seven years, since the current system may be scrapped before it ever gets reactivated.
The current automatic operations system is the same as when Metro opened more than 40 years ago, and could need additional fixes to get back up and running, given that it hasn’t been active for a decade.
Metro is continuing to look into a more modern signal and train control system that would be entirely different from the current system, which monitors the position of trains based on set segments of track.
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The current automatic operations system is the same as when Metro opened more than 40 years ago, and could need additional fixes to get back up and running, given that it hasn’t been active for a decade.
Metro is continuing to look into a more modern signal and train control system that would be entirely different from the current system, which monitors the position of trains based on set segments of track.
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