List of defunct automated train systems

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List of defunct automated train systems of automation grades from GoA1 to GoA4.

Country/region Name of system Date System Notes
Canada Canada Expo Express 1967–1972 Union Switch & Signal [a]
Line 3 Scarborough 1985–2023 4 mile driverless light rapid transit line that served as part of the Toronto subway
France France Poma 2000 1989–2016 [b]
MP 51 1952–1956 ATO "mat" 770m shuttle service, rubber-tyred metro
Germany Germany Berlin M-Bahn 1989–1991 [c]
Japan Japan Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System 1992–2013 Otis Hovair [d]
Portugal Portugal SATUOeiras 2004–2015 MiniMetro
United Kingdom United Kingdom Birmingham Maglev 1984–1995
Post Office Railway 1927–2003 [e]
United States United States Duke University Medical Center Patient Rapid Transit 1979–2009 Otis Hovair
Harbour Island People Mover 1985-1999 Otis Hovair
Indiana University Health People Mover 2003–2019 UniTrak
Jetrail 1970–1974
Muskingum Electric Railroad 1968–2002 [f]
Vought Airtrans 1974–2005

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Demonstration line originally built for the 1967 World's Fair.[1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ Maglev train in West-Berlin in operation from 1989 to 1991. It closed when a metro line, on which the M-Bahn's route partly lay, was scheduled to reopen. The metro line was closed in 1961 when the Berlin Wall erected, because it crossed the border.
  4. ^ Driverless shuttle connecting two buildings of Narita Airport Terminal 2.
  5. ^ Tiny, driverless, mail-only subway connecting main post offices and railway terminals in London.
  6. ^ Private electrified automated coal carrying railroad.[3] Dismantled in 2004.

References[edit]

  1. ^ La Roche, Roger (2014). "Expo Express" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "The end of the POMA 2000 Laon". Funimag. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. ^ Corns, John B. (March 1979). "Ohio's Robot Railroad". Trains. 39 (5): 22-28.