Uwe Stahn

Inventor of SynchroTrain

Uwe Stahn is a trained electronics technician with several years of practical experience as an electrical mechanic in the maintenance of an automatic factory. At the same time he studied technical cybernetics and automation technology for 2 semesters in distance learning and then changed to a direct study of information technology in mechanical engineering at the Technical University (TU) Berlin. He then worked for several years as a freelance designing engineer and software developer. In addition to his work as a systems analyst, he has been involved in the optimization of transport systems since 1999. In 2006 the worldwide patented solution “synchrotrain” was developed.

Synchrotrain is a centrally controlled personal rapid transit (PRT) system on the existing infrastructure – railway track – with a planned average speed of up to 200km/h. It thus has the capacity of a motorway with 13 lanes in each direction or 15 times the capacity of today’s rail. So far, several functional models (1:12, 1:24) and a simple prototype (1:1) have been developed, as well as a circuit with overhead contact line for the 1:24 models on which all driving manoeuvres and control can be tested.