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Faster and cheaper: World’s first driverless rail transit system unveiled in Hunan
更快，更便宜：世界首列无轨列车在湖南亮相
Chinese railcar-maker CRRC on Jun. 2 unveiled a new product called Autonomous Rail Transit (ART) in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, and the bus-rail combo rapid transit system is expected to speed up city’s public transportation.
6月2日，中国列车制造商中国中车(CRRC)研发的一种叫做“智能轨道快运系统(ART)”的新产品在湖南株洲亮相，这种融合了公共汽车和有轨电车的快速运输系统有望为该市的公共交通提速。
According to CRRC, ART uses rubber wheels on a plastic core instead of steel wheels. It’s also equipped with the company’s copyrighted technology to automatically guide the vehicles. It carries the advantages of both rail and bus transit systems and is agile and non-polluting, Thepaper.cn reported.
中国中车介绍，ART采用胶轮承载，取代了传统的钢轮钢轨，还还使用了该公司自主研发的技术来自动控制车辆，它融合了有轨电车和公共汽车各自的优势，且灵活、无污染，据澎湃新闻报道。
ART is much cheaper than ordinary subway, which cost about 400-700 million RMB per kilometer in China. And compared with electric streetcars, which cost 150-200 million RMB per Kilometer, ART is only about one-fifth the investment.
相比中国传统地铁每公里4亿到7亿元的造价，ART的成本要低得多。现代有轨电车每公里造价约1.5亿到2亿元，ART的投资约为有轨电车的1/5。
CRRC began designing the ART system in 2013. The first ART car is 31 meters in length, with a maximum passenger load of 307 people or 48 tons. Its top speed is 70 kilometers per hour, and it can travel 25 kilometers in distance after 10 minutes of charging.
中国中车是从2013年开始ART系统研究的。在首发中展示的智能轨道快运列车为长31米，最大载客人数为307人，满载重量为48吨，最高运行速度为70公里/时，它充电10分钟就能运行25公里。
The world’s first ART line will be launched in Zhuzhou, with a total length of 6.5 kilometers. Upon completion, it will be able to dock with the city’s mid-low speed maglev train.
全球首条ART线路将在株洲首发，规划总长度6.5公里，建成以后，它将与已经规划的中低速磁悬浮线路实现无缝对接。
