Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom is to trial what could be described as “fully driverless trains” in Germany.
The company has going ahead with a test project to implement Automatic Train Operation technology in the daily passenger operation of regional trains.
The project will begin in 2021 in partnership with the Regional Association of the greater area of Braunschweig, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin). [Read more…] about Alstom to test fully driverless trains in Germany