AI to play major role in landmark privately controlled rail line

The Hangzhou-Shaoxing-Taizhou line in East China's Zhejiang province, which is the first privately controlled high-speed railway line in China, is expected to become the country's first railroad line managed by artificial intelligence, according to the companies responsible for the railway's construction.

HSTR, the company in charge of construction and management of the railway line, signed an agreement with China Railway Gecent Technology Co Ltd on Wednesday in Shanghai to apply the latest technology innovation in the Hangzhou-Shaoxing-Taizhou line to make it the first smart railway line in the country.

Wu Peirong, general manager of HSTR, said that the newly announced cooperation with CRGT will introduce technologies such as the internet of things and artificial intelligence while building the railway line.