Posted Nov 18, 2014, 3:55 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Metro Vancouver, Canada
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^ I think that lull in the 90s had to do with a lot of transferring between companies. Particularly from UTDC to Lavalin, before Bombardier.
The Okinawa line will likely use a Japanese variant - these were developed in the 80s around the same time as UTDC's trains, with systems now running in Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama and Fukuoka and another being built in Sendai opening next year. Technically, it's all the same linear motor technology - probably to be compatible, there'd need only be modifications in varying power collection.
Noteworthily though, the whole driverless component including the particular ATC component of ICTS did take off and is in hundreds of systems around the world now.
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