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News from ULTra PRT

Oct 4, 2006

Multi Vehicle Operations Demonstrated

Two major demonstrations have been made at the Cardiff trials site of key capabilities of the ULTra system. These were:

  • Demonstration of maintenance of headway. This test demonstrated the capability of vehicles to maintain a fixed headway during a complete circuit of the test track. Separation was maintained in these tests to within 1%.
  • Demonstration of Station Operations: These tests demonstrated use of a multi berth station by multiple vehicles. Separate demonstrations were completed on multiple vehicle entry to the station and multiple vehicle exit.

These tests follow on a previous demonstration of the Automatic Vehicle Protection system.

All of the key aspects of the technology of the ULTra system have now been demonstrated.