Topic: Autonomous tram

First autonomous tram tested in Poland

The first Polish autonomous tram has made its trial ride in the city of Kraków. It ran a distance of over 3.4 kilometres without a driver. The main goal of the experiment was to review...Read more

30-01-2020|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

RandstadRail in The Hague, source: Peter Velthoen via Flickr

How ADAS can make light rail safer and greener

In the short term at least, it is more likely that we will see driverless metros than fully automatic trams in the Netherlands. Nevertheless, a lot of the same technologies can be applied to support...Read more

28-10-2019|Comment|author: Paul van den Bogaard

Autonomous Tram in Depot (AStriD), source: Siemens Mobility

Germany will test first autonomous tram in automated depot

Six German companies and institutions led by Siemens Mobility will provide the joint research project. It is devoted to exploring the options for the autonomous tram in a fully automated tram depot. The study is...Read more

09-10-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Vityaz self-driving tram, source: Cognitive Technologies

Russia tests its first self-driving tram

Russian companies PC Transport Systems and Cognitive Technologies are working together on the development of a fully autonomous tram for Russian and foreign markets. The two-month trials of the self-driving vehicle will start soon in...Read more

13-02-2019|1 comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Siemens Mobility presents world's first autonomous tram

Siemens to present autonomous tram at InnoTrans 2018

Siemens Mobility and ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam GmbH will be presenting their research project on the world’s first autonomous tram at InnoTrans 2018. Siemens will be demonstrating a test tram driving autonomously in real traffic on...Read more

04-09-2018|Comment|author: Carlijn Kruidhof