中国进入自动化列车时代

China leads into era of automated trains

中国铁路公司总经理陆东福表示:“随着自动化高速列车时代的临近,中国的高速铁路服务已经成为世界的领先者,其核心技术和产品都是国产的。”中国铁路科学院的一位专家告诉《科技日报》:“使用自动列车操作代替人工驾驶已经成为现实。许多地铁都已经应用了自动驾驶系统。”他说:“中国铁路局已经在广东东莞—惠州和佛山—肇庆城际铁路上成功实现时速200公里自动驾驶——这是世界上第一条。”

China’s high-speed rail service is the world’s leader as the era of automated high-speed trains approaches,with its core technologies and products all domestically made,said Lu Dongfu,general manager of China Railway Corp.“The use of automatic train operations in lieu of manual driving has become a reality.Many subways have already applied the automatic operation systems,”an expert from the China Academy of Railway Sciences Corp told Science and Technology Daily.He said that CRC put the system into operation in the Dongguan-Huizhou and Foshan-Zhaoqing intercity railways in Guangdong province,with speeds of 200 kilometers per hour-a first worldwide.Using the system,the train can automatically start,run between stations,adjust its timing according to the schedule,accurately stop at a station and open and close its doors,which increases operating effi ciency and avoids congestion,delays and accidents,the expert said.The system will be put into operation in 2022 on the railway line that will link Beijing and Zhangjiakou,Hebei province,host cities of the 2022 Winter Olympics,with a designed speed up to 350 km/h.