List of defunct automated train systems

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

Country/regionName of systemDateSystemNotes
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Expo Express 1967–1972 Union Switch & Signal [a]
Line 3 Scarborough 1985–20234 mile driverless light rapid transit line that served as part of the Toronto subway
Flag of France.svg France Poma 2000 1989–2016 [b]
MP 51 1952–1956ATO "mat"770m shuttle service, rubber-tyred metro
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Berlin M-Bahn 1989–1991 [c]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System 1992–2013 Otis Hovair [d]
Flag of Spain.svg SpainFormer Barcelona Line 2 metro (now Line 5)1961–1970Photoelectric cells
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal SATUOeiras 2004–2015 MiniMetro
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Birmingham Maglev 1984–1995
Post Office Railway 1927–2003 [e]
Flag of the United States.svg United States Duke University Medical Center Patient Rapid Transit 1979–2009 Otis Hovair
Harbour Island People Mover 1985-1999Otis Hovair
Indiana University Health People Mover 2003–2019UniTrak
Jetrail 1970–1974
Muskingum Electric Railroad 1968–2002 [f]
Vought Airtrans 1974–2005

Notes

  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

  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.