Preface

Recently, the 2026 UITP Eurasia Conference was successfully held. With "Seamless Multimodal Mobility for Sustainable Cities" as its core theme, the conference focused on the new trends of green, intelligent, and integrated development in urban rail transit.

Mr. Zhu Di of Traffic Control Technology was invited to attend the conference and delivered a keynote sharing on innovative practices in smart urban rail and the industry's future development, comprehensively showcasing the company's cutting-edge technologies, implementation results, and in-depth thinking in the field of urban rail transit intelligence.

PART 01

Industry Trend: China's Urban Rail Enters a New Stage of Scaled Operation, with Intelligence Becoming a Core Imperative

At the beginning of the speech, Zhu Di used authoritative data to clearly outline the new pattern of large-scale development in China's urban rail transit. By the end of 2025, China's urban rail transit construction and operation scale continued to lead the world, covering more than 50 cities across the country, with over 300 operating lines, total operating mileage exceeding 10,000 kilometers, and annual passenger volume reaching the level of more than 30 billion person-trips. As urban rail networks continue to densify, service coverage continues to expand, and passenger flow pressure continues to rise, traditional operation and maintenance models have become difficult to adapt to modern urban travel needs. Digital and intelligent upgrading has become an inevitable choice for the high-quality and sustainable development of urban rail transit.

PART 02

Full-Chain Layout: Five Core Segments to Build an Integrated Smart Rail Transit Ecosystem

In this sharing, Zhu Di systematically broke down Traffic Control Technology's overall smart urban rail solution around two core threads: "safe operation" and "ultimate travel experience."

The solution covers all scenarios including stations, train cars, the cloud, operation and maintenance, and emergency response, progressing layer by layer and connecting all domains, creating full-chain intelligent capabilities from "hardware equipment" to an "intelligent ecosystem," and laying a solid foundation for safe, efficient, and human-centered urban rail operations.

01 Smart Stations: Digital Twin Empowerment for Precise Intelligent Control

Relying on a 3D BIM digital twin foundation, a two-tier intelligent management system at the station level and network level is built, enabling real-time monitoring of station-wide passenger flow, equipment operating status, and in-station environmental data, and achieving digital panoramic control of stations.

The system supports remote automatic inspection, one-click station opening and closing, and multi-scenario emergency linkage, greatly reducing manual operation and maintenance costs. At the same time, it is equipped with AI intelligent video analysis technology that can accurately identify 16 types of abnormal behaviors in stations, with recognition accuracy stable at 90%-95%, comprehensively reinforcing station safety defenses.

02 Smart Services: Connecting Online and Offline to Upgrade the Passenger Travel Experience

Focusing on passenger travel pain points, a one-stop smart travel service system has been created. Through the Beijing Subway APP, comprehensive queries of real-time dynamics, arrival information, and passenger flow status across the entire network can be realized.

It innovatively features OLED smart windows, dynamically displaying line trajectories and 3D in-station navigation, with convenient locations such as station exits, elevators, and restrooms clearly visible at a glance, thoroughly solving the problems of passengers "finding it hard to navigate and confused about transfers," achieving seamless connection of online and offline travel information, and making every rail transit trip more convenient and intelligent.

03 Intelligent Trains: Onboard Intelligent Terminals to Ensure Safe and Efficient Operation

Equipped with self-developed ITE intelligent terminals deeply connected to the TCMS train control system, the solution can push core information in real time, including precise arrival reminders, carriage crowding levels, and intelligent transfer guidance. For special tunnel passage scenarios, it can automatically switch to evacuation emergency mode, comprehensively improving operational safety and service quality.

At present, this smart train solution has been successfully implemented on the Hong Kong Tsuen Wan Line, Beijing Lines 11/17, and Chengdu Line 27. Having been verified in actual operation across multiple cities and multiple lines, the technology is mature and operates stably.

04 Smart Cloud Platform: Global Data Aggregation for Centralized Network Control

A unified big-data smart cloud platform has been built to centrally aggregate core data such as network-wide passenger flow, train operations, and equipment maintenance, breaking down data silos and enabling integrated, visualized, and intelligent centralized control of the entire urban rail transit network.

Supported by an intelligent operation and maintenance APP, the entire process of fault warning, work order circulation, equipment maintenance, and personnel training has been mobilized and moved online, greatly improving rail transit operation and maintenance efficiency and upgrading the operation and maintenance model from "passive emergency repair" to "proactive prediction."

05 Drone Intelligent Inspection: AI-Empowered Inspection to Improve Refined Operation and Maintenance

An AI drone intelligent inspection system has been innovatively created. Combined with cloud-based big-data analysis capabilities, it replaces traditional manual inspection models, efficiently completing all-round inspection of track lines, equipment, and facilities, effectively improving inspection efficiency and accuracy and reducing the safety risks of manual inspection. At present, this technology has been successfully applied in the MTR project, with remarkable implementation results.

From single-point smart equipment to full-scenario integrated solutions; from station services and train operations to cloud control and intelligent inspection, Traffic Control Technology has built core intelligent capabilities covering the entire lifecycle of rail transit operations.

In the future, Traffic Control Technology will continue to deepen its work in the smart urban rail field, continuously iterate and innovate technologies and products, and, with safer, more efficient, and more human-centered intelligent rail transit solutions, help global cities build seamless, green, and sustainable multimodal mobility systems, continuously empowering the high-quality development of urban rail transit!