Autotrén is a rapid transit system based on GRT (Group Rapid Transit) technology that offers agile and sustainable mobility, particularly for congested urban corridors and medium sized cities.

It uses a fleet of very light, electric, driverless trains. Each train has 1 to 4 vehicles, each seating 6 or 8 passengers, for a total of up to 24 or 32 passengers per train depending on the vehicle model. The trains travel on an exclusive guideway network, usually elevated or underground. Track width is half the width of a bus lane or conventional train track. Passenger stations are modular, small-footprint buildings. Service is optionally driven by demand, by fixed schedules and routes, or a combination of both. The system achieves high capacity and very high service levels at low cost through intelligent passenger grouping and continuous flows of people and vehicles.

HOW IT WORKS?

See the video! Before boarding, passengers select their destination at self-service kiosks. The system continuously groups passengers so that all passengers in one train share the same destination (or group of destinations). In this way, trains can make express trips to their destinations without having to make unnecessary intermediate stops. All passenger stations are located on secondary “off-line” tracks so that traffic flow on the main tracks never stops. Thanks to the state-of-the art control system, trains on the main tracks can travel at very small separations (headways). Separation intervals between trains can be as low as a few seconds.