List of driverless trains - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Since the opening of the London Underground

London Underground

The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

Victoria Line

The Victoria line is a deep-level London Underground line running from the south to the north-east of London. It is coloured light blue on the Tube map...

in 1967, new metros and urban railways have become more automated. Many lines now operate with driverless trains, with the aim of reducing the operational costs and improving the frequency of service.

This list does not include people mover

People mover

A people mover or automated people mover is a fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system.The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks, but is sometimes applied to considerably more complex automated...

systems but focuses on trains in the classical sense used for large scale metros and railways.

The list is ordered after the degree of how automatized the train is.

In a system with ATO
Automatic train operation
Automatic train operation ensures partial or complete automatic train piloting and driverless functions.Most systems elect to maintain a driver to mitigate risks associated with failures or emergencies....

like London Underground
London Underground
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

Victoria Line
Victoria Line
The Victoria line is a deep-level London Underground line running from the south to the north-east of London. It is coloured light blue on the Tube map...

, 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.

In a driverless system like London Docklands Light Railway
Docklands Light Railway
The Docklands Light Railway is an automated light metro or light rail system opened on 31 August 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London...

, 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 completely driverless system like the Copenhagen Metro
Copenhagen Metro
Copenhagen Metro is a rapid transit system serving Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Tårnby in Denmark. The system opened between 2002 and 2007, and has two lines, M1 and M2. The driverless light metro supplements the larger S-train rapid transit system, and is integrated with DSB local trains and...

, 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.

Europe

Copenhagen Metro

Copenhagen Metro is a rapid transit system serving Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Tårnby in Denmark. The system opened between 2002 and 2007, and has two lines, M1 and M2. The driverless light metro supplements the larger S-train rapid transit system, and is integrated with DSB local trains and...

- AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

The AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro is a class of driverless electric multiple units and corresponding signaling system. Manufactured by AnsaldoBreda of Italy, it is or will be used on the Copenhagen Metro, the Brescia Metrobus, the Thessaloniki Metro, Line 5 of the Milan Metro, Line C of the Rome...

.
Barcelona Metro line 9

Barcelona Metro line 9

Line 9 is a line of the Barcelona Metro network that is currently under construction, with five stations open in the Santa Coloma de Gramenet suburb since December 2009...

and Barcelona Metro line 10

Barcelona Metro line 10

Line 10 is the name of one of the two branches of the Barcelona metro extension line 9, currently under construction and to be operated by TMB.-Overview:...

- Siemens CBTC
Turin Metro

Turin Metro

The Metropolitana di Torino is a VAL metro system connecting Turin city centre, Italy, with the neighbouring city of Collegno. It is operated by Gruppo Torinese Trasporti , a public company controlled by the municipality of Turin...

- VAL type system.
Paris Métro Line 14

Paris Metro Line 14

Line 14 of the Paris Métro system connects the stations Saint Lazare and Olympiades on a north-west south-east diagonal across the centre of Paris. It is the twelfth busiest of sixteen lines on the network, and as of 2011, the only one to be operated completely automatically; the second such line...

- opened on 15 October 1998 - Siemens CBTC
Paris Métro Line 1

Paris Metro Line 1

Paris Métro Line 1 is one of the sixteen lines composing the Paris Métro . It connects the La Défense – Grande Arche and Château de Vincennes stations. With a 16.5 km length, it constitutes an "East-West" route transportation important for the City of Paris...

- Driverless system started to operate in mixed mode (drived train and driverless train) on 3rd November 2011. Last manually driven train will be removed by end of 2012 - Siemens CBTC
Rennes Metro

Rennes Metro

Opened on 15 March 2002, the metro in Rennes is based on the Siemens Transportation Systems VAL technology. There is one line, the 9.4-km A Line, which runs north-west to south-east from J.F...

- VAL type system.
Toulouse Metro

Toulouse Metro

The Toulouse metro serves the city of Toulouse, France, and some of the surrounding area. The city's public transport system was initially managed by Société d'économie mixte des voyageurs de l'agglomération toulousaine , which was a company that was 80% owned by local government bodies and 20%...

- VAL type system.
Lille Metro

Lille Metro

The Lille metro is a driverless metro in and around Lille, France. The system was inaugurated on 25 April 1983 and was the first to use VAL system....

- inaugurated on 25 April 1983, the first using the VAL system.
Lyon Metro Line D

Lyon Metro Line D

Line D of the Lyon Metro, with automatic trains running on tires and with no driver, and also known as MAGGALY commenced operation under human control on September 4, 1991, between Gorge-de-Loup and Grange-Blanche...

Rubber-tyred trains run automatically with no driver on board, controlled by a system known as MAGGALY (Métro Automatique à Grand Gabarit de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise). - Siemens CBTC
Nuremberg U-Bahn

Nuremberg U-Bahn

The Nuremberg U-Bahn is a metro run by VAG Nürnberg , which itself is a member of the VGN . The Nuremberg U-Bahn is Germany's newest metro...

- U3 and U2 lines (manned trains in case of need)
Lausanne Metro

Lausanne Metro

The Lausanne Metro system includes two lines in Lausanne, Switzerland, owned by two distinct companies and operated by a third. The Line M1 is a light metro, while the Line M2 is a fully automated metro which opened on 27 October 2008. A third line M3 is in planning...

- line M2

North America

Detroit People Mover

The Detroit People Mover is a automated people mover system which operates on a single set of tracks, and encircles downtown Detroit, Michigan....

in Detroit, Michigan
Metromover

Metromover

The Miami Metromover, officially Metromover, is a free rapid transit automated people mover train system operated by Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States. Metromover serves Downtown Miami, Brickell, Park West and Omni neighborhoods. Metromover connects directly with Metrorail at...

in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit

The Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit system is a one-of-a-kind people mover system in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States...

in Morgantown, West Virginia

Morgantown, West Virginia

Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area...

Las Vegas Monorail

The Las Vegas Monorail is a monorail mass transit system located on the Las Vegas Strip, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It connects the unincorporated communities of Paradise and Winchester, and does not actually enter the City of Las Vegas. It is owned and operated by the Las Vegas...

in Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...

, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

SkyTrain

SkyTrain (Vancouver)

SkyTrain is a light rapid transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks, running mostly on elevated guideways, which helps SkyTrain to hold consistently high on-time reliability...

in Vancouver, BC — the longest driverless network in the world.

South America

São Paulo Metro

The São Paulo Metro is the principal rapid-transit system in the city of São Paulo and the largest in Brazil. It is also the second largest system in South America and the third largest in Latin America, behind Mexico City and Santiago....

- Line 4 - Yellow

Line 4 (São Paulo Metro)

Line 4 is a line of the São Paulo Metro, originally called Southeast-Southwest Line. When finalized, it will go from Luz to Vila Sônia. The first stretch, between and Faria Lima and Paulista stations, opened on May 25, 2010. Two other stations, Butantã and Pinheiros, took more time than expected...

- Siemens CBTC
São Paulo Metro

São Paulo Metro

- Future Line 6 - Orange

Line 6 (São Paulo Metro)

Line 6 is a planned extension of the São Paulo Metro. When complete, it will be long, have 14 stations, and will link the São Joaquim metro station to the district of Brasilândia.-History:...

Asia

Disneyland Resort Line
Kelana Jaya Line

Kelana Jaya Line

The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...

Manila Light Rail Transit System

The Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is a metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Although referred to as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it has many characteristics of a rapid transit system, such...

- (Manila LRT Purple Line

Manila LRT Purple Line

The Manila LRT Purple Line is the second line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. The line contains eleven stations and runs over 13.8 kilometers of mostly elevated track, with the exception of Katipunan station, which is underground...

Only)
Light Rail Transit (Singapore) - Bukit Panjang LRT, Sengkang LRT and Punggol LRT All cars are fully automated and driverless.
North East MRT Line

North East MRT Line

The North East MRT Line is the third Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and the world's second longest fully underground, automated and driverless, rapid transit line after Singapore's Circle MRT Line. The line is 20 km long with 16 stations and operated by SBS Transit. Travelling from one end...

automated and driverless

Automatic train operation

Automatic train operation ensures partial or complete automatic train piloting and driverless functions.Most systems elect to maintain a driver to mitigate risks associated with failures or emergencies....

rapid transit

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

line.
Circle MRT Line

Circle MRT Line

The Circle Line is Singapore's fourth Mass Rapid Transit line, operated by SMRT Corporation. This underground line is currently long with 28 stations and is fully automatically operated...

automated and driverless

Automatic train operation

rapid transit

Rapid transit

line.
Downtown MRT Line

Downtown MRT Line

The Downtown Line will be the fifth Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. When completed, the line will be about 42-km long with 34 stations and serve about half a million commuters daily, making it the longest underground and driverless MRT line in Singapore. Travelling from one end to the other...

automated and driverless

Automatic train operation

rapid transit

Rapid transit

line.
Dubai Metro

Dubai Metro

The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with three further lines are planned. These first two lines run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere...

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

- Busan

Busan

Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

– Gimhae

Gimhae

Gimhae, also commonly spelled Kimhae, is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Gimhae is known to locals as "The Paris of Gyeongsangnamdo." It is the seat of the large Gimhae Kim clan, one of the largest Kim clans in Korea...

Korea

- Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

- Sin Bundang Line

Sin Bundang Line

The Sin Bundang Line or DX Line is a 17.3 km long, wide-area rail line. It connects to the Seoul Metropolitan Subway...

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

- Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

- Yurikamome

Yurikamome

, formally the is an automated guideway transit service operated by the Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Corporation, connecting Shimbashi to Toyosu, passing through the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan, a market in which it competes with the cheaper Rinkai Line.The line is named after the...

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

– Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

Metro Brown Line (Wenshan Line and Neihu Line

Neihu Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Neihu Line is a medium-capacity rapid transit system and runs on an elevated corridor except near Songshan Airport and Dazhi. The line's service length is and it is joined to the Wenshan Line at Zhongshan Junior High School Station, providing direct service through Neihu, Nangang,...

)

Europe

London Docklands Light Railway

Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway is an automated light metro or light rail system opened on 31 August 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London...

opened 1987 (driverless but has a Passenger Service Agent who close the doors and checks tickets during the journey).

Europe

Paris Métro Line 2

Paris Metro Line 2

Line 2 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system in Paris, France. Situated almost entirely above the former city walls , it runs in a semi-circle in the north of Paris....

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. Paris Métro Line 3

Paris Metro Line 3

Line 3 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system in Paris, France. Connecting Pont de Levallois - Bécon station in the near western suburbs to Gallieni in the east, the location of Paris' international bus station...

OCTYS system provides ATP and high level ATO with mobile block system - Siemens CBTC Paris Métro Line 4

Paris Metro Line 4

Line 4 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system. Situated entirely within the boundaries of the City of Paris, it connects Porte de Clignancourt in the north and Porte d'Orléans in the south, travelling across the heart of the city. As a result, it is sometimes called...

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. Paris Métro Line 5

Paris Metro Line 5

Paris Métro Line 5 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Paris, France. It crosses the east of Paris from Bobigny to Place d'Italie. It is the eighth busiest line on the network....

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. (OCTYS system planned for 2013) Paris Métro Line 6

Paris Metro Line 6

Line 6 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system. Following a semi-circular route around the southern half of the city above boulevards formed by ancient city walls , it runs from Charles de Gaulle – Étoile in the west and Nation in the east.Opened between 1900 and 1906...

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. Paris Métro Line 7

Paris Metro Line 7

Paris Métro Line 7 is one of sixteen lines of the Paris Métro system. Crossing the capital from its north-eastern to south-eastern sections via a moderately curved path, it links La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945 in the north with Mairie d'Ivry and Villejuif – Louis Aragon in the south, while passing...

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. Paris Métro Line 8

Paris Metro Line 8

Paris Métro Line 8 is one of 16 metro lines in Paris, France. It connects the Balard station in southwestern Paris, to Créteil – Préfecture station in Créteil, a town south-east of the French capital, following a parabolic route on the right bank of Seine River...

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. Paris Métro Line 9

Paris Metro Line 9

Paris Métro Line 9 is one of 16 lines of the Paris Métro. The line links Pont de Sèvres in Boulogne in the west with Montreuil in the east. It is the fourth busiest line on the network....

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. (OCTYS system planned for 2015) Paris Métro Line 11

Paris Metro Line 11

Paris Métro Line 11 is one of 16 Paris métro lines. It links Les Lilas in the North East of the city to Châtelet in the center of Paris. It is the shortest of the 14 metro lines having independent management...

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. Paris Métro Line 12

Paris Metro Line 12

Paris Métro Line 12 is one of sixteen metro lines in Paris, France. It links Issy-les-Moulineaux in southern Paris to Porte de la Chapelle in the north. With 72 million journeys per year, Line 12 is the eleventh busiest on the Parisian Métropolitan system...

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. Paris Métro Line 13

Paris Metro Line 13

Line 13 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system. The result of the fusion of the now-extinct Line B of the Nord-Sud Company and the old Line 14 of the CMP. Their creation was destined to be replaced by a north-south RER line before the reorganisation of the...

Low level ATO systems managing speed of the trains in the tunnel sections. London's Victoria Line

Victoria Line

The Victoria line is a deep-level London Underground line running from the south to the north-east of London. It is coloured light blue on the Tube map...

opened 1967 (a member of staff opens & closes the train doors but does not normally drive the trains). London's Central Line

Central Line

The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and, at , has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...

converted to automated operation in the mid-1990s (a member of staff opens & closes the train doors and only drives the trains on Sundays; at other times trains are computer driven). London's Jubilee Line

Jubilee Line

The Jubilee line is a line on the London Underground , in the United Kingdom. It was built in two major sections—initially to Charing Cross, in central London, and later extended, in 1999, to Stratford, in east London. The later stations are larger and have special safety features, both aspects...

converted to automated operation in 2011 (a member of staff opens & closes the train doors). London's Northern Line

Northern Line

The Northern line is a London Underground line. It is coloured black on the Tube map.For most of its length it is a deep-level tube line. The line carries 206,734,000 passengers per year. This is the highest number of any line on the London Underground system, but the Northern line is unique in...

is due to be converted in 2012. Glasgow Subway

Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway is an underground metro line in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro. Formerly a cable railway, the Subway was later electrified, but its twin circular lines...

uses driverless trains on its line. The driver checks the way is clear and operates the doors. Munich U-Bahn

Munich U-Bahn

The Munich U-Bahn system is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. "U-Bahn" is the German contraction for Untergrundbahn or "subway." It is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft...

(driver operates the doors and handles emergency situations, accelerating and braking is fully automated; a fully driverless turning at terminus stations is planned) Vienna U-Bahn

Vienna U-Bahn

The Vienna U-Bahn is a rapid transit system consisting of five lines. It is the backbone of one of the best performing public transport systems worldwide according to UITP in June 2009. More than 1.3 million passengers use the Vienna U-Bahn every day...

(uses the same system as Munich) Barcelona Metro

Barcelona Metro

The Barcelona Metro , part of the public transportation system of Barcelona, Catalonia, is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. Since July 31, 2010, Barcelona Metro system consists of 11 lines with 165...

lines 2

Barcelona Metro line 2

Line 2 is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, coloured purple and sometimes simply called línia lila. It's part of the city's ATM fare-integrated transport network...

, 3

Barcelona Metro line 3

— Line 3, currently known as Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova, coloured green and often simply referred to as Línia verda , is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, and therefore part of the fare-integrated ATM transport network of the urban region...

, 5

Barcelona Metro line 5

— Line 5, currently known as Cornellà Centre - Vall d'Hebron, its termini, and often simply called "Línia Blava" is line belonging to the Barcelona Metro network operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-integrated transport network....

, and 11

Barcelona Metro line 11

Barcelona Metro line 11 is a full metro line with short trains in Barcelona, Spain. — Line 11, coloured light green and currently known as Trinitat Nova - Can Cuiàs, is a recently built line in the Barcelona Metro network, operated by TMB, and part of the ATM fare-ingrated transport network in the...

Madrid Metro

The Madrid Metro is a metro system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the sixth longest metro in the world though Madrid is approximately the fiftieth most populous metropolitan area in the world...

Line 1

Line 1 (Madrid Metro)

Line 1 of the Madrid Metro was opened on 17 September 1919 between Cuatro Caminos and Sol. It was extended from Sol to Atocha in 1921, Atocha to Puente de Vallecas in 1923, Cuatro Caminos to Tetuán in 1929, Tetuán to Plaza De Castilla in 1961 and Puente de Vallecas to Portazgo in 1962.Between 1964...

Madrid Metro Line 3

Line 3 (Madrid Metro)

Line 3 of the Madrid Metro was opened in August 1936 between Sol and Embajadores, a few days before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. In 1941 it was extended from Sol to Argüelles, in 1949 from Embajadores to Delicias, in 1951 from Delicias to Legazpi, in 1963 from Argüelles to Moncloa, and...

Madrid Metro Line 4

Line 4 (Madrid Metro)

Line 4 of the Madrid Metro was opened on 23 March 1944 between Goya and Argüelles. In 1958, the line took up a branch of line 2 from Goya to Diego de León, which originally opened on 17 September 1932. In the 1970s, the line was extended in two stages: from Diego de León to Alfonso XII and from...

Madrid Metro Line 5

Line 5 (Madrid Metro)

Line 5 of the Madrid Metro originally opened between Callao and Carabanchel on 5 June 1968, the latter sharing station platforms with then called Line S On 2 March 1970, the line was extended from Callao to Ciudad Lineal, however the section between Ventas and Ciudad Lineal was opened as part of...

Madrid Metro Line 6

Line 6 (Madrid Metro)

Line 6 of the Madrid Metro opened originally between Cuatro Caminos and Pacifico in 1979. This is one of two circular lines in Madrid, but unlike Line 12, it did not open as a full circle...

Madrid Metro Line 7

Line 7 (Madrid Metro)

Line 7 of the Madrid Metro originally opened on 17 July 1974 between Pueblo Nuevo and Las Musas. On 17 May 1975, the line was extended from Pueblo Nuevo to Avenida de América and for many years, this remained the length of Line 7. This was a problem as line 7 was very scarcely used. This was solved...

Madrid Metro Line 8

Line 8 (Madrid Metro)

Line 8 of the Madrid Metro opened between Mar de Cristal and Campo de las Naciones on 24 June 1998. An extension to Barajas via Madrid Airport was opened in 1999 and in 2002 an extension to Nuevos Ministerios and Colombia opened. Originally this line was a small-profile line, but in 2002 it became...

Madrid Metro Line 9

Line 9 (Madrid Metro)

Line 9 of the Madrid Metro opened on 31 January 1980 between Sainz de Baranda and Pavones. Later it was extended from Avenida de América to Herrera Oria on 3 June 1983, however this section was separate from the original section until the missing part from Avenida de América to Sainz de Baranda was...

Madrid Metro Line 10

Line 10 (Madrid Metro)

Line 10 of the Madrid Metro is in fact the product of two lines, the former line 8 from Fuencarral to Nuevos Ministerios and the former Suburbano from Alonso Martínez to Aluche, this section being named line 10 in the 1980s. In the 1990s, Madrid planned for these two lines to become one, but...

Madrid Metro Line 11

Line 11 (Madrid Metro)

Line 11 of the Madrid Metro opened between Plaza Elíptica and Pan Bendito on 16 November 1998. For eight years it had only three stations. In 2006 the line was extended from Pan Bendito to La Peseta with two intermediate stations. Line 11 however is projected to become one of the longest lines in...

Madrid Metro Line 12

Line 12 (Madrid Metro)

Line 12, also known as MetroSur, is a line of the Madrid Metro. Opened on 11 April 2003, Line 12 is a circular line that is not in fact in Madrid, but links five suburban towns and one small village south of Madrid, serving around 1 million people. The towns linked by Line 12 are Alcorcón, Leganés,...

Madrid Metro Branch line

Ramal (Madrid Metro)

The Ramal, is a metro line, part of the Madrid Metro, with only two stations and a total length of 900 m. "Ramal" in Spanish means "branch". The line opened between Opera and Norte on 27 December 1925...

North America

Montreal Metro

The Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

Line 1 Green

Line 1 Green (Montreal Metro)

The Green line is one of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The line runs through the commercial section of downtown Montreal underneath Boulevard de Maisonneuve, formerly Rue de Montigny...

, Line 2 Orange

Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro)

The Orange line is the longest, most congested, and first-planned of the four lines of the Montreal Metro, in Montreal, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was extended between 1980 and 1986...

and Line 5 Blue

Line 5 Blue (Montreal Metro)

The Blue line is one of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the fourth to be built, notwithstanding its name. Line 3 was planned, but never built...

, opened in 1966 (Lines 1 and 2) and 1986 (Line 5), operates in ATO mode introduced since 1976. A member of staff closes the train doors (doors are usually opened automatically unless the driver requests otherwise) but does not normally drive the trains. Bay Area Rapid Transit

Bay Area Rapid Transit

Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...

in San Francisco opened in 1972. (A member of staff closes the train doors but does not normally drive the trains). PATCO Speedline between Philadelphia and New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

operates in automated mode since 1969, but can be overridden by a staff member. Washington Metro

Washington Metro

The Washington Metro, commonly called Metro, and unofficially Metrorail, is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., United States, and its surrounding suburbs. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , which also operates Metrobus service under the Metro name...

has an automated mode, where the driver is responsible for opening and closing of doors and of overriding the system. However, the system has been operating in manual mode since the June 2009 Washington Metro train collision, and plans are to operate in manual mode for several years.

South America

CPTM

Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos

Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos is a commuter rail company owned by the São Paulo State Secretariat for Metropolitan Transports. It was created in 1992 from several railroads that already existed in Greater São Paulo, Brazil....

lines 7

Line 7 (CPTM)

Line 7 is a line of the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos commuter rail system in São Paulo, Brazil. -External links:...

, 10

Line 10 (CPTM)

Line 10 is a line of the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos commuter rail system in São Paulo, Brazil. -External links:...

and 12

Line 12 (CPTM)

Line 12 is a line of the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos commuter rail system in São Paulo, Brazil. -External links:...

Caribbean

Tren Urbano

The Tren Urbano — or Urban Train in English — is a fully automated rapid transit that serves the metropolitan area of San Juan, which includes the municipalities of San Juan, Bayamón and Guaynabo. It is electrified by third rail at 750 V DC...

- the entire system is fully automated, but can be over-ridden. Substations providing the power are remotely controlled from a operational control centre.

Asia

East West MRT Line

The East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...

(includes Changi Airport Extension) and North South MRT Line

North South MRT Line

The North South Line was the 1st Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation...

- the driver opens and closes the doors, and the driver would usually drive the train when the ATO cannot stop the train properly (e.g. in heavy rain), or when ATO breaks down/is not available. Both North East MRT Line

North East MRT Line

and Circle MRT Line

Circle MRT Line

The Circle Line is Singapore's fourth Mass Rapid Transit line, operated by SMRT Corporation. This underground line is currently long with 28 stations and is fully automatically operated...

, have driver when in emergency state or manual mode. An example was when Circle Line Stage 4 & 5 opened, SMRT CCL Zone 15 - 17 staff drives the train. Seoul Subway Line 5

Seoul Subway Line 5

Seoul Subway Line 5 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, dubbed the purple line, is a long line crossing from the west to the east across the Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea...

- driver on standby and will drive the train when ATO malfunctions or is not available. Seoul Subway Line 6

Seoul Subway Line 6

Seoul Subway Line 6 is a line of the Seoul Subway. Its color is brown.-Overview:The route connects Eunpyeong-gu and Jungnang-gu in an U-shaped manner, running through Yongsan-gu and Seongbuk-gu. It does not cross over the Han River...

Seoul Subway Line 7

Seoul Subway Line 7 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation was built 1990-96 and was completed 1 August 2000 ; the western section between Sinpung and Onsu was put into service on 29 February 2000...

Seoul Subway Line 8

Seoul Subway Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation was built 1990-99 and mainly serves the southeastern parts of Seoul and Seongnam. Jamsil to Amsa was opened July 1999....

Seoul Subway Line 9

Seoul Subway Line 9 is a subway line in Seoul. Originally scheduled to open on June 12, 2009, the line actually opened on July 24, 2009 to ensure that the line was fully ready to begin service. Line 9 was constructed like a standard double track subway except that there are bypass tracks at some...

Korail

Korea Railroad Corporation , promoted as Korail , is the national railroad operator in South Korea.Korail operates passenger and freight trains throughout South Korea...

Bundang Line

Bundang Line is a commuter subway line of Korail, the national railway of South Korea. The name 'Bundang Line' refers to the fact that the line was constructed for the commuters of Bundang ward in Seongnam. The line starts in southeastern Seoul, travels through northern Seongnam, and finally...

(Utilizes the SelTrac

SelTrac

SELTrac is a digital signalling technology used to control the movements of rail vehicles originally developed by Standard Elektrik Lorenz . It was originally developed for the Krauss-Maffei Transurban automated guideway transit system developed in the 1970s, and moved to the ICTS vehicle when the...

system with driver on board in case of emergencies) Taipei Metro Red Line

Red Line (TRTS)

The Red Line comprises three lines of the Taipei Rapid Transit System: the Tamsui Line , the Xinbeitou Branch Line, and the Xinyi Line. When completed, it will include a total of 30 stations serving the Tamsui, Beitou, Shilin, Datong, Zhongshan, Zhongzheng, Daan, and Xinyi districts, stretching...

(Tamsui Line) Taipei Metro Green Line

Green Line (TRTS)

The Green Line is four lines of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, the Songshan Line, the Xiaonammen Line, the Xindian Line, and the Xiaobitan Branch Line. With the completion of the Songshan Line in 2013, trains currently travelling from Xindian onto the Tamsui Line will be switched onto the...

(Xiaonanmen Line, Xindian Line

Xindian Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Xindian Line is an underground high-capacity line. The -route has 10 stations and is part of the Green Line. The line follows the route of the former TRA Xindian Line, which ceased service in 1965...

, Xiaobitan Branch

Xiaobitan Branch Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of the Xindian Line The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of the Xindian (Sindian) Line The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of...

) Taipei Metro Blue Line

Blue Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Blue Line is a high-capacity rapid transit line comprises three lines: the Nangang Line, the Banqiao Line, and the Tucheng Line. The lines are divided at Ximen Station and Fuzhong Station, and offer through traffic to one another...

(Banqiao

Banqiao Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Banqiao Line is a high-capacity underground line and is a major transportation route between Taipei and New Taipei. It runs from Ximen in western Taipei to Fuzhong in eastern Taipei, consisting of 6 stations and 7.2 km of track...

-Nangang Line

Nangang Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Nangang Line is a high-capacity, underground rapid transit line on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. It has 12 stations, is -long and runs east-west through downtown starting in Zhongzheng and ending in Nangang, Taipei...

, Tucheng Line

Tucheng Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Tucheng Line is a high-capacity underground extension of the Banqiao and Nangang Lines . The line is 7.5 km long and consists of 5 stations with an extension under construction to Dingpu.-History:...

) Taipei Metro Orange Line

Orange Line (TRTS)

The Orange Line consists of three lines of the Taipei Metro in Taiwan : the Zhonghe Line , the Xinzhuang Line, and the Luzhou Line . As of July 2011, two segments of the Xinzhuang Line are still under construction and are expected to completely open by 2014...

(Zhonghe Line

Zhonghe Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Zhonghe Line is a high-capacity, underground line and is part of the Orange Line. The 5.4 km route has 5 stations and runs from Nanshijiao and passes beneath the Xindian River into Taipei and terminates on the Xindian Line at Guting....

, Xinzhuang Line

Xinzhuang Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Xinzhuang Line is a high-capacity underground extension of the Zhonghe Line on the Taipei Metro currently under construction in Taiwan. As of September 2010, it is 91.81% complete...

, Luzhou Line) Tokyo Metro

Tokyo Metro

is one of two rapid transit systems making up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Toei. It is the most used subway system in the world in terms of annual passenger rides.-Organization:...

Marunouchi Line (Main line converted to ATO in 2010, Hōnanchō branch continues to use ATC/TASC

Train Automatic Stopping Controller

A Train Automatic Stopping Controller , also known as a , is a train protection system used only in Japan. It allows trains equipped with TASC to stop automatically at stations without the need to operate the brakes manually....

) Tokyo Metro Namboku Line

Tokyo Metro Namboku Line

The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. Its name literally means South-North Line. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita...

Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (Kita-Ayase

Kita-Ayase Station

is a Tokyo Metro station, located in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. The station opened on December 20, 1979, and forms the terminus to the Kita-Ayase Branch Line of the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line.-Lines:*Tokyo Metro**Chiyoda Line...

branch) Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

The is a metro line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro located in Tokyo, Japan. The line was named after the district of Hibiya, under which it passes.-Overview:The Hibiya Line runs between in Meguro and in Adachi...

(ATO trialled during the 1960s, trains now operated in manual mode) Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation

The is Tokyo's public transportation authority. Its subway lines are commonly described as 都営 Toei, meaning "operated by the metropolitan government ." It is one of two rapid transit systems making up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Tokyo Metro.-Toei Subway:The lines were originally...

Toei Ōedo Line

Toei Oedo Line

The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation . It commenced full operations on December 12, 2000; using the Japanese calendar this reads "12/12/12" as the year 2000 equals Heisei 12...

Nankō Port Town Line in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

Osaka Municipal Subway

is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, forming an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. In 2010 the greater Osaka region had 13 million rail passengers daily of which the Osaka...

Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line (ATO trialled from October 1967 until February 1968, trains now operated in manual mode) Fukuoka City Subway

Fukuoka City Subway

The serves Fukuoka, Japan. It consists of three subway lines, the Kūkō, or Airport Line, the Hakozaki Line and the Nanakuma Line).The lines are operated by the . Unlike most other public operators in Japan, the company only operates subways without any bus lines....

Kūkō Line Fukuoka City Subway Hakozaki Line Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line Sendai Subway

Sendai Subway

The consists of a single line, the Nanboku Line, which opened in 1987. Construction of a second line, the Tōzai Line, began in 2004 with a planned opening date of 2015...

Nanboku Line (World's first railway system to use fuzzy logic

Fuzzy logic

Fuzzy logic is a form of many-valued logic; it deals with reasoning that is approximate rather than fixed and exact. In contrast with traditional logic theory, where binary sets have two-valued logic: true or false, fuzzy logic variables may have a truth value that ranges in degree between 0 and 1...

to control the speed of trains) Yokohama Municipal Subway

Yokohama Municipal Subway

is the metro network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo In Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is operated as two lines, though 3 continuous lines exist.-Lines:Line 1 and 3 are operated as a single line...

Green Line

Green Line (Yokohama)

The is a line of the Yokohama Municipal Subway in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its formal designation is Line 4, and it is the first part of a proposed...

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

Kwun Tong Line MTR Tsuen Wan Line MTR Island Line

Island Line (MTR)

The Island Line is one of 10 lines of the MTR, the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Sheung Wan in the Central and Western District to Chai Wan in the Eastern District. The line first opened in 31 May 1985...

MTR Tung Chung Line MTR Airport Express

Airport Express (MTR)

The Airport Express is one of the lines of the Mass Transit Railway serving Hong Kong. It links the principal urban areas of Hong Kong to Hong Kong International Airport and the associated AsiaWorld-Expo exhibition and convention centre....

MTR Tseung Kwan O Line MTR East Rail Line MTR West Rail Line (Utilizes the SelTrac system with driver on board in case of emergencies) MTR Ma On Shan Line (Utilizes the SelTrac system with driver on board in case of emergencies) Beijing Subway

Beijing Subway

The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. It is owned by the city of Beijing and has two operators, the wholly state owned Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., which operates 12 lines, and the Beijing MTR...

Line 4

Line 4, Beijing Subway

Line 4 of the Beijing Subway is the 9th subway line in Beijing's mass transit network. It entered into operation on September 28, 2009, and runs from north to south, parallel and to the west of Line 5, through Haidian, Xicheng, Xuanwu and Fengtai Districts in the western half of the city. It is...

(Utilizes the SelTrac system with driver on board in case of emergencies) Wuhan Metro

Wuhan Metro

The Wuhan Metro is an elevated and underground metro system in the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China. The system opened on 28 July 2004, making Wuhan the fifth city in mainland China to have a metro system after Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou...

Line 1 (Utilizes the SelTrac system with driver on board in case of emergencies)

Future system and lines

Brescia

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...

- Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, is building a light metro called Metrobus. All technical systems are AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

.
Paris Métro Line 1

Paris Metro Line 1

is being converted to fully driverless automated operations is expected to be completed in 2011.
Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

- Italy

Italy

- Milan Metro Line 5

Milan Metro Line 5

Line 5 is an under construction line of the Milan Metro, Italy, that will connect the downtown Porta Garibaldi railway station with the north-eastern suburb, at the via Bignami-viale Testi intersection. The line will be built in several steps, with the first planned to open in 2012 and the fourth...

- AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

.
Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

- Italy

Italy

- Rome Metro Line C

Line C (Rome Metro)

Line C will be the third line of the metro system of Rome, Italy. It will be the first fully automated line in the city.The line is currently under construction, and the first part is scheduled to open by June 2012...

- AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

.
Macau

Macau

Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

- driverless elevated lightrail
Pilbara iron ore trains operated by Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto Group

The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...

are proposed to be converted to driverless operation by 2013.
São Paulo Line 4

Line 4 (São Paulo Metro)

opened in 2010 between the stations Paulista and Butantã
São Paulo Future Line 6

Line 6 (São Paulo Metro)

Line 6 is a planned extension of the São Paulo Metro. When complete, it will be long, have 14 stations, and will link the São Joaquim metro station to the district of Brasilândia.-History:...

opened in 2014 between the stations Brasilândia to São Joaquim
Downtown MRT Line

Downtown MRT Line

Under construction
Taipei Circular Line

Yellow Line (TRTS)

The Yellow Line is a line of the Taipei Rapid Transit System in Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan, currently under construction with the first section scheduled to open in 2015. The remaining sections are still under planning.- Sections :-Stations:...

- AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

.
Thessaloniki Metro

Thessaloniki Metro

The Thessaloniki Metropolitan Railway , or Thessaloniki Metro , is an underground rapid transit system under construction in Thessaloniki, Greece.-The project:...

- AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro

Standard systems for driverless operation

SelTrac
SelTrac
SELTrac is a digital signalling technology used to control the movements of rail vehicles originally developed by Standard Elektrik Lorenz . It was originally developed for the Krauss-Maffei Transurban automated guideway transit system developed in the 1970s, and moved to the ICTS vehicle when the...

used for DLR
Docklands Light Railway
The Docklands Light Railway is an automated light metro or light rail system opened on 31 August 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London...

VAL used in Lille, Rennes and other cities.

Defunct systems

Post Office Railway - subway connected main post offices and railway terminals in London.
Berlin M-Bahn

M-Bahn

The M-Bahn or Magnetbahn was an elevated Maglev train line operating in Berlin, Germany in 1991. The line was 1.6 km in length, and featured three stations, two of which were newly constructed...

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