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Posted 04 October 2017 - 08:44 AM

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‘Driverless trains draw young talent to railway sector’

 

Implementing Automatic Train Operation (ATO) in the rail freight sector will attract specialists and young talent. That is the expectation of Christian Sagmeister of ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, which currently works on the preparation of the Austrian railway for the implementation of ATO. Sagmeister will give a presentation about how to protect ATO systems against cyber attacks on the 29th of November at the Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 in Vienna.

 

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ATO has the potential to increase the popularity of railway, Sagmeister said at the conference. “Train services will become more punctual and efficient and air pollution will decrease.” The railway expert also referred to recent research of the MIT (New York), IFT (Lisbon) and VDV (Stuttgart), concluding that ATO will contribute to a reduction in the number of fatalities and injuries on railway.

 

Professor Peter Veit of the TU Graz, also chairman of the day at the conference, emphasised that we should not hold back embracing ATO. “The system knows some risks, but also many advantages for train operations.” According to him, it is a misunderstanding that ATO will replace the train driver.

 

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