Austrans is an ultra light rail, driverless, public transport system.

Its combination of new technology and established practices produces a practical and cost effective system with unique performance capabilities. The concept has been developed and tested so Austrans is not a system for the future, it is a system for today.

Austrans is based on relatively small vehicles (that can carry between 9-18 people) which operate on a separate guideway.

Vehicles are driverless, are electrically powered and provide passengers with car like performance, access and comfort.

Its greatest strengths are the vehicle frequency (initially up to one every 15 seconds), the low cost of construction and operation and very low environmental impacts.

The Austrans system can add to and complement existing public transport services and provide access to areas now dominated by the car including interregional, cross regional and orbital trips.

This web site covers the benefits of Austrans from many perspectives and gives practical examples of where it could be built.