Driverless trains installed at Terminal 5
 

"Six 15t automated cars, each with a capacity to carry up to 75 passengers,
have been delicately lowered by crane down a 12m shaft into the tunnel
system of T5's tracked transit system (TTS), ready for commissioning. "

http://www.nceplus.co.uk/news/news_a...il_engineering

Driverless trains installed at Terminal 5
 

In message , John Rowland
writes
"Six 15t automated cars, each with a capacity to carry up to 75 passengers,
have been delicately lowered by crane down a 12m shaft into the tunnel
system of T5's tracked transit system (TTS), ready for commissioning. "
I would guess the idea is similar to the driverless trains that feed
Kennedy Airport NY?
--
Clive.

Driverless trains installed at Terminal 5
 

Clive Coleman. wrote:
In message , John Rowland
writes
"Six 15t automated cars, each with a capacity to carry up to 75 passengers,
have been delicately lowered by crane down a 12m shaft into the tunnel
system of T5's tracked transit system (TTS), ready for commissioning. "
I would guess the idea is similar to the driverless trains that feed
Kennedy Airport NY?

....or the Westinghouse-built systems at Stansted and Gatwick. (Though
the article says this system has been built by Bombardier.)

Driverless trains installed at Terminal 5
 

Rupert Candy wrote:
Clive Coleman. wrote:
In message , John Rowland
writes
"Six 15t automated cars, each with a capacity to carry up to 75 passengers,
have been delicately lowered by crane down a 12m shaft into the tunnel
system of T5's tracked transit system (TTS), ready for commissioning. "
I would guess the idea is similar to the driverless trains that feed
Kennedy Airport NY?

...or the Westinghouse-built systems at Stansted and Gatwick. (Though
the article says this system has been built by Bombardier.)

You wait - it's only a matter of time before they become sentient and
go on strike demanding more RAM!