Netherlands: Gent-based automation start-up OTIV has announced plans to test an autonomous train on the Betuwe Route freight corridor within the next two years.
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For the third time in its rich history, Glasgow's Subway - the city's famous clockwork orange - is undergoing a significant upgrade.
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New Glasgow subway trains will run with no staff on board from 2025.
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Introducing driverless trains on London's tube is an expensive way to reduce strikes. Is it worth it?
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With Scotland's train drivers dispute costing the economy an estimated £80 million a week and throwing travel plans into chaos, arrangements are in place to ensure Glasgow's 'clockwork orange' can continue to run. [Full article requires subscription. -RS]
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has made driverless technology a condition of talks on a bailout for Transport for London (TfL). Pictured: An artist's rendering of a driverless tube train.
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RMT warns of action as Government places contract for driverless trains on London Underground
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London mayor reluctantly agrees to gauge business case for driverless trains in return for £1bn. Work to introduce driverless tube trains has been demanded by ministers as part of an emergency funding agreement for Transport for London, with the government injecting just over £1bn to help the capital recover from the pandemic.
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Glasgow Subway's new driverless trains have been delayed until 2022 amid 'confrontational' discussions with contractors, its operator revealed today.
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