{"id":2270,"date":"2018-12-27T20:17:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T18:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/metro\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:36:16","slug":"metro-and-suburban-rail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/en\/technology\/metro-and-suburban-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro &#038; Suburban Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>Metro | Subway | Underground | Suburban Railway | Commuter Railway | City Train<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2>The metro (AE: subway, BE: underground), which usually operates in tunnels, and the ground based suburban rail (commuter rail, city train), are the most powerful transportation systems for local public passenger transport.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Automated-Metro-Copenhagen.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1920\" data-lbwps-height=\"1280\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Automated-Metro-Copenhagen-300x200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Automated-Metro-Copenhagen.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Automated-Metro-Copenhagen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Automated-Metro-Copenhagen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Automated-Metro-Copenhagen-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 38vw, (max-width: 1920px) 38vw, 1024px\" width=\"39%\" title=\"Automated Metro Copenhagen\" alt=\"Automated Metro Copenhagen\"><\/a>Metros and suburban railways are <strong>rail transportation systems<\/strong> designed to be independent and <strong>free of intersections<\/strong> that can be operated on the ground, in tunnels, but also elevated. Recently, metros are often operated <strong>driverless<\/strong> and equipped with fully automated <strong>Platform Screen Doors (PSDs)<\/strong> at the stations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Suburban-rail-Bangkok-Skytrain.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1920\" data-lbwps-height=\"1280\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Suburban-rail-Bangkok-Skytrain-300x200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Suburban-rail-Bangkok-Skytrain.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Suburban-rail-Bangkok-Skytrain-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Suburban-rail-Bangkok-Skytrain-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zatran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Suburban-rail-Bangkok-Skytrain-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 38vw, (max-width: 1920px) 38vw, 1024px\" width=\" 30%\" title=\"Suburban Rail Bangkok Skytrain\" alt=\"Suburban Rail Bangkok Skytrain\"><\/a>Both are <strong>high-performance<\/strong> transport systems with train capacities of up to 1,000 passengers and speeds of up to 100 km\/h. Usually, they are not important for small to medium-sized cities as a main transport system (backbone system). Because of the high-performance potential of these systems, stations should not be too close together and should have a minimum spacing of about 700 m to allow the metros or suburban railway to fully develop their strengths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro | Subway | Underground | Suburban Railway | Commuter Railway | City Train The metro (AE: subway, BE: underground), which usually operates in tunnels, and the ground based suburban rail (commuter rail, city train), are the most powerful transportation systems for local public passenger transport. 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