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JR East to install ATACS on Tokyo suburban line - Railway Gazette

Citation: http://mobile.railwaygazette.com/index.php/news/news/profile/19821

Landside signalling systems are not cost-effective because of the following reasons.
・Maintenance is needed for both of trains and landside
・There are few types of speed limit(Accurately appropriate speed limit can't be set)

I guess the new type of signalling system will be prevailed among urban lines.