No one was driving the train, it was moving on the basis of the program. Without the intervention of the driver, the railway vehicle reacted while driving, for example, to the presence of a person on the track or to a car at a level crossing.
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“It’s an integration of different systems. We can say that we have been working on the development for ten years, “said Chrdle. There was a lockout until the afternoon on the line near Libčeves, where AŽD operates passenger transport, which the company used for the presentation.
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AŽD will now move the development of systems for autonomous operation to its second Kopidlno – Dolní Bousov line in the Hradec Králové Region, where there is no regular passenger transport. “We are gradually retrofitting the track over the winter and we will be testing there right now. As soon as the legislation is adopted, we can set off on the Plum Railway and possibly other regional lines, ”said Chrdle.
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According to the director, so-called mixed traffic would be introduced on the line between Litoměřice and Most. Drivers would run here without a driver, even the classic ones. “Some are worried that we are taking jobs from the drivers, but there are not enough of them, we are trying to simplify the work,” said Chrdle.
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Legislation is still preventing the transition to a fully autonomous railway on Czech railways.
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