PRT(Personal Rapid Transit) System

초록

Korean PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) system, defined as Demand Responsive Transport system, is designed to carry out vertical operation through vertical transfer as well as horizontal operation in order to conform with domestic environmental conditions, while it has the same network route, control /non-stop/unmanned operation system as the existing PRT operation concept. A system platform combining electric car with railway platform/interval control was proposed and a prototype system is currently being manufactured, and a system which includes infrastructure is being implemented. To that end, three 670m-long loops, four virtual platforms and one platform for demonstration, with the lift, were built around the buildings at Korea Railroad Research Institute(KRRI) site. the vehicle performance test, it is designed to have 100% gradient for verifying the concept of the developed PRT system