The London Underground is committed to a modern design with automation systems and digital signage

Digital signage displays, WiFi connectivity, automation systems and LED lighting are the main axes of the technological renovation and design in its carriages that the London Underground will carry out gradually to adapt to the new demands of users.

The London Underground, The oldest underground network in the world (celebrated his 150 Anniversary last year) and popularly known as 'The Tube', has started an ambitious modernization project both in the design of its wagons and stations and in the deployment of state-of-the-art technological systems.

This project, recently presented via video by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has been designed by Transport for London (TFL) and the study Priestmangoode and will be implemented in the main underground lines of the British capital until 2010, with the aim of improving the wagons, stations and monitoring of 400 km. that make up the metropolitan network.

specifically, The new wagons (250 in total) will be automated (driverless), They will be wider and will have digital advertising and information screens of the routes, Upcoming stations and relevant real-time data on any warnings or incidents, whose contents will be updated automatically. In addition, will have air conditioning installed under the seats and WiFi connection.

Access to the wagons will also be renewed, with larger, automated doors, and there will be no separation between them, "which will mean a capacity of between the 25 and 60% elder, depending on the line", point out those responsible. Another innovative element will be the LED lighting inside the wagons, which will serve to indicate to passengers when doors open or close.

Road safety and monitoring, some with 150 years old, it will also be renewed with Tunellings technology, Developed by Spanish engineering Euroconsult, that can check the status of the sections (40 Km/hour) with an accuracy of millimeters thanks to a mobile vehicle equipped with six laser cameras that make up a three-dimensional map of the road to detect breakages, Damps, Etc.

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