Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 50, 2010

The AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro is a class of driverless electric multiple units and corresponding signaling system. Manufactured by AnsaldoBreda of Italy, it is or will be used on the Copenhagen Metro, the Brescia Metrobus, the Thessaloniki Metro, Line C of the Rome Metro, Line 5 of the Milan Metro and the Yellow Line of the Taipei Rapid Transit System. The first system to take the class into use was Copenhagen, which opened in 2002. The next systems are under construction and will open in 2011 and 2012. The rolling stock consists of three to six articulated cars, making the trains 39 to 109 meters (128 to 358 ft) long. All but one system is 2.65 meters (8.7 ft) wide, and all use standard gauge. Each car has a power output of 210 or 256 kilowatts (282 or 343 hp), fed from a third rail at 750 volts (except in Rome). The systems are fully automated, consisting of automatic train protection (ATP), automatic train operation (ATO) and automatic train supervision.