- OPTO is a term used to describe trains handled by one man
operation. On these trains, there are no conductors. The
train operator has the responsibilty of operating the
train and opening/closing the doors. Started in late
1996, OPTO has been in use on most shuttles, as well as
one of the regular routes. The Division of Car Equipment
made modifications to the car equipment as well as Rapid
Transit Operations (Operations Planning Department) to the car
assignments accordingly. Cars equipped with full width cabs
may be used for OPTO. The following routes have OPTO service:
- BMT/IND West End Shuttle - R-68/R-68A (nights)
- BMT/IND Franklin Avenue Shuttle - R-68 (all times)
- IND Brooklyn Queens Crosstown - R-46 (weekends)
- IND Rockaway Park Shuttle - R-44 (all times)
- IRT Dyre Avenue Shuttle - R-62A (nights)
- IRT 42nd Street Shuttle - R-62A (all times; train
operator at each end)
There is a possibility that other routes could become OPTO in
the future.
- ATO or automated train operation, is a term used to
describe transit being run by computers. There is
speculation that ATO may be put into effect on the city's
transit lines sometime in the next century. A pilot
program may take place on the Canarsie (L) Line. Provided
that it is a success, ATO would go to other transit
lines. By no means is this a new technology. NYC Transit
ran an experimental automated train project in the early
1960s. It was successful in daily use on the Grand
Central Shuttle. A severe fire at Grand Central would
halt the entire project. The project would not be pursued
again. Regardless, ATO would make its way to other
transit systems. Washington DC and San Francisco are two
such examples of ATO.
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