The current mobility situation is constantly changing as people are increasingly moving to
urban areas. Therefore, a flexible mode of transport with high-capacity passenger trains and …

Improving transportation efficiency is an eternal research hotspot in rail transit system. In
recent years, the train operation control method based on virtual coupling has attracted the …

This paper provides a systematic review of emerging control techniques used for railway
virtual coupling (VC) studies. Train motion models are first reviewed, including model …

Virtual coupling (VC) brings unprecedented opportunities for the train operation system by
controlling multiple trains as a virtually coupled train set (VCTS) via train automation and …

In this paper, a novel approach to train control systems based on virtual coupling is
presented. Virtual coupling is a concept that has evolved from platooning of vehicles and …

To address the ever-growing rail transport demand, the concept of Virtual Coupling train
operations is gradually gaining ground within the railway industry. Thanks to a Vehicle-to …

Virtual coupling, as an emerging concept in railways, expects successive trains in a virtually
coupled train set (VCTS) to maintain a short following distance. However, this close …

The ever increasing demand in passenger and freight transportation is leading to the
saturation of railway network capacity. Virtual Coupling (VC) has been proposed within the …

This paper developed a parallel computing architecture for high-fidelity virtual coupling
simulations. Multi-body train dynamics models considered various nonlinear components …

As a hot topic in railways, virtual coupling technology connects multiple trains (units) as a
virtually coupled train set (VCTS) and aims to improve the performance of train operation by …