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 |
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 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 | Poma 2000 | 1989–2016 | [b] | |
| MP 51 | 1952–1956 | ATO "mat" | 770m shuttle service, rubber-tyred metro | |
 Germany | Berlin M-Bahn | 1989–1991 | [c] | |
 Japan | Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System | 1992–2013 | Otis Hovair | [d] |
 Spain | Former Barcelona Line 2 metro (now Line 5) | 1961–1970 | Photoelectric cells | |
 Portugal | SATUOeiras | 2004–2015 | MiniMetro | |
 United Kingdom | Birmingham Maglev | 1984–1995 | ||
| Post Office Railway | 1927–2003 | [e] | ||
 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]- ↑ Demonstration line originally built for the 1967 World's Fair.[1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Driverless shuttle connecting two buildings of Narita Airport Terminal 2.
- ↑ Tiny, driverless, mail-only subway connecting main post offices and railway terminals in London.
- ↑ Private electrified automated coal carrying railroad.[3] Dismantled in 2004.
References
[edit]- ↑ La Roche, Roger (2014). "Expo Express" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
- ↑ "The end of the POMA 2000 Laon". Funimag. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ Corns, John B. (March 1979). "Ohio's Robot Railroad". Trains. 39 (5): 22-28.