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 …

Virtual coupling of automated trains has emerged as a promising technology to enhance the
operational efficiency and line capacity of railway transportation systems. However, the …

Railways around the world are facing ever-increasing demands from booming passenger
and freight transportation. Constructing new railways is not always possible due to the high …

As an emerging technology, virtual coupling improves the efficiency and flexibility of metro
services by forming multiple trains (units) as a virtually coupled train set (VCTS) without …

Urban Rail Transit Systems (URTS) have increasingly become the backbone of modern
public transportation, attributed to their unparalleled convenience, high efficiency, and …

The new railway mobility paradigm Virtual Coupling, recognized as one of the most
promising solutions to face the ever-increasing demand in railway transportation and the …

This paper is concerned with the event-based coordinated cruise control problem of multiple
high-speed trains under sporadic train-to-train (T2T) information flows. First, a novel …

In recent years, virtual coupling (VC) has been becoming a hot research topic in railways.
The coordinative control for the virtually coupled train set (VCTS) is a critical technology for …

The potential of heavy-haul train platoon operation technology in improving railway freight
capacity is increasingly recognised, with extensive trial research currently underway. This …

This paper is concerned with the cooperative control issue of virtually coupled high-speed
trains (VCHSTs) under an adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) framework, where a …