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UBIC Transportation Systems has unveiled a new generation of ticket vending machine which allows ticket office and call centre staff to interact directly with passengers in real time. Cubic says NextAgent can
effectively perform all the functions of a normal ticket office remotely, allowing one agent to serve multiple stations from a single location. The unit features a high-
system called Axonis which is designed to be quick to build and economic to operate. It includes a modular viaduct which has a width of 6.8m and a height of up to 14m, Alstom’s Appitrack slab track system which was originally developed for rapid installation on light rail lines, Alstom’s new Urbalis Fluence simplified CBTC for driverless operation (IRJ June p29), and a power supply system designed to reuse 99% of braking energy. A 750V dc third-rail electrification system is envisaged.
A Axonis is able to cope with
LSTOM has developed a modular light metro
definition screen, which displays a live video link, allowing the passenger to talk to the agent throughout the booking process.
The machine includes an integrated camera and document scanner, which means the agent can view tickets and other travel documents. NextAgent can dispense and top up smart cards as well as issuing paper tickets and barcode tickets.
Alstom reveals modular light metro concept
45m-radius curves and 6% gradients. Trains will have between two and five cars with all bogies motorised. Headways as low as 80 seconds are planned to achieve a capacity of between 10,000 and 45,000 passengers per hour per direction.
Alstom estimates that an Axonis light metro project could be implemented in three to four years. Axonis is designed to reduce
maintenance costs and energy consumption by 20% compared with traditional metros or monorails. Axonis is an open system using non- proprietary technology and standard interfaces.
NEWLY-completed full- size mock-up of the forthcoming type 1K narrow- profile U-Bahn train for Berlin Transport (BVG) was the centrepiece of the Stadler stand. Two pre-series type 1K sets will be delivered by Stadler Pankow in 2015 under a contract which includes an option for 34 production trains for delivery from 2017
RANSPORT for London (TfL) commissioner Sir Peter Hendy CBE has been appointed president of UITP, taking over from Mr Ousmane Thiam, president of the African Public Transport Association, who was the first African to hold the role. Hendy became head of TfL six years ago and has since overseen record-breaking operational performance,
First look at type 1K for Berlin U-Bahn A
onwards. Each four-car set will accommodate 330 passengers and seat 80.
The vehicles are unusual in that they will feature a slightly curved bodyshell, which optimises interior space within the constraints of the narrow- profile tunnels. This provides a maximum width of 2.4m, 10cm wider than BVG’s existing narrow-profile vehicles.
Hendy appointed UITP president T
passenger numbers as well the operator’s largest ever investment programme. In addition he led TfL’s preparations for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games playing a key role in delivering a successful public transport strategy during last
summer’s events. Hendy talks to IRJ about public transport investment: The Last Word p52
Mobile phone smart card top-up launched T
Honolulu metro mock-up unveiled: Representatives of Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (Hart) and AnsaldoBreda unveiled a full-size mock-up of the driverless train for the Honolulu metro on May 28. AnsaldoBreda and Ansaldo STS will supply forty 39m-long trains under the $US 1.33bn design-build-operate-maintain core systems contract, which was awarded to the Ansaldo Honolulu joint venture in December 2011. The first 16 vehicles will be delivered in 2014 and the remaining sets in 2018. Each two-car set will accommodate more than 400 passengers.
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HALES launched its M- Topup system which will allow passengers to top up the amount of money held on their smart cards using mobile phones equipped with near- field communication (NFC), which effectively means android or Blackberry phones, as Apple’s i-Phone does not support NFC.
The passenger downloads an app which provides the link between the transport operator’s back-office system and the smart card. Doing it this way, rather than trying to
upload the smart card directly to the phone, avoids the need for complicated security systems on the phone and payment issues.
The passenger can pay for the top-up using PayPal, Visa or MasterCard, or by SMS text message.
Thales says that mobile phones are already a key element of automatic fare collection systems and it believes they will eventually be at the centre of them as the means to distribute and reload travel passes. IRJ
IRJ July 2013
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