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title: Towards the smart train with SYSTRA
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# Towards the smart train with SYSTRA

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Automating the observation functions of the driver constitutes a significant
technological solution for the Autonomous Train. This is the precise challenge
of this multi-partner innovative research project involving a three-year
collaboration between the technological research institute SystemX, SNCF, Alstom
and SYSTRA.

**The DOS project is entirely in line with the autonomous transport safety programme (TAS)​ completed last April.**
For two years, the SystemX, SNCF, Alstom, SYSTRA and the University of Compiègne
(UTC) teams brought their experts together to develop a demonstrator equipped
with sensors aimed at automating the observation functions involved in driving a
train, and to carry out signal reading tests on a line of the national rail
network in Greater Paris.

**The DOS project aims to go even further, especially to reach the expected safety performance level within three years and provide a demonstration that will be submitted to the certification bodies**
with which the project is closely involved. The system designed within the TAS
project framework will thus evolve, be enriched and move from a demonstrator to
a prototype.
The main objectives of the project are the improvement of the lineside
signalling reading system, the design of a long-distance obstacle detection
system as well as a demonstration of the entire system’s safety.

“Bringing together the areas of expertise of SNCF, SystemX, Alstom, SYSTRA and
UTC in the context of the TAS project had very positive results: it enabled the
creation of a short-distance obstacle detection system (150m) and signal reading
demonstrator relying on an on-board mapping database and train real-time train
location, via a thorough functional analysis and the development of a safety
demonstration strategy. The objectives of the DOS project are also very
ambitious: they aim to present a certain number of solutions to reach the
expected performance and safety levels necessary for the validation of the
perception system by the certification bodies; this is a major challenge for the
Autonomous Train programme,” explains Raphaël Chosidow, SNCF project director.