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Posted by David on Wed Jul 17 17:29:59 2002, in response to Flushing and Canarsie Line Questions,
posted by DTrain34 on Wed Jul 17 10:45:56 2002.
Not quite.
Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) is being installed on the Canarsie Line, and new cars (R-143) are being delivered to work with the new control system. Though the system will be capable of automatic operation (ATO), there will still be a Train Operator and the trains will not be run in a fully automatic mode. One can have ATO without CBTC (Washington Metro, BART, PATCO, etc.), and one can have CBTC without ATO. They can work together, but aren't the same thing.
The Flushing Line is supposed to be next, after whatever bugs are found are worked out of the Canarsie Line's system.
David
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