It will carry passengers in the northwest of the city on route No. 10 “Shchukinskaya Metro Station – Kulakova Street” and will follow the established schedule.
This is a very significant technological milestone. Now, unmanned technologies are beginning to be introduced in the capital’s transport system.
The software for the unmanned tram was created by employees of the Moscow Metro without the involvement of third-party companies. The smart technology, developed by the city, is unique. It works more accurately and stably than foreign counterparts. It has already been recognized with prestigious international awards.
The unmanned tram has traveled more than 8,000 km in test mode without violating traffic rules once.
It is equipped with a sensor system, a high-precision route map, and systems for localization, computer vision, movement planning, and wheel slip prevention.
As a result, the tram stops where it needs to, opens and closes doors, follows traffic light signals, yields to pedestrians, independently determines how to cross an intersection, switches points, and adheres to the schedule.
An employee of the tram management is currently in the cabin or salon only for observation, as required by federal law, and does not interfere in the process.
Further plans:
- To equip three more trams with unmanned technologies by the end of the year.
- To equip more than 300 by 2030, which is about 2/3 of the capital’s fleet.
- It is expected that by 2035, about 90% of Moscow’s trams will operate on unmanned technologies.
In December, to begin the first phase of pilot operation of the first unmanned metro train in Russia on the Big Circle Line (BCL). The control system will be tested on a modern “Moskva” series train at night without passengers.