List Of Driverless Trains
The London Underground Victoria Line, which opened in 1967, can be considered the first line operated with driverless trains. Many lines now operate with driverless trains, with the aim of reducing the operational costs and improving the frequency of service.
This list focuses heavily on trains in the classical sense used for large scale metros and railways but does include a few people mover systems.
The list is ordered in descending order to the degree of how automatized the train is.
- In an Unattended Train Operation (UTO) system like the Copenhagen Metro, the trains run automatically at all times, handle door closing, obstacle detection and emergency situations, without any regulatory requirement of staff present in the trains.
- In a driverless system like London Docklands Light Railway, the trains run automatically from station to station but a human Passenger Service Agent is always present somewhere in the train, with responsibility for door closing and handling of emergency situations.
- In a system with ATO like London Underground Victoria Line, the trains run automatically from station to station but a human train driver is always present in the front of the train, with responsibility for door closing, obstacle detection on the track before the train and handling of emergency situations.
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