Russian Railways demonstrates driverless EMU

摘要

RUSSIA'S deputy prime minister, Mr Maxim Akimov, and the chairman of Russian Railways (RZD), Mr Oleg Belozerov, took a test trip on Russia's first driverless passenger train, a Lastochka (Swallow) EMU, on the Shcherbinka test track near Moscow during the Pro.Motion.Expo exhibition on August 28. The ES2G Lastochka train is fitted with systems that identify the train's location on the track, and enable it to communicate with the dispatch centre and detect obstacles - if an obstacle is detected the train will brake automatically.