List of driver-less train systems
This is a list of driver-less train systems, which are capable of GoA3 and GoA4 (GoA3+) according to the Grade of Automation classifications specified by the standard IEC 62290‐1. These are explained diagrammatically by the UITP. This list focuses heavily on trains in the classical sense used for large-scale railways for passengers and freight but does include a few people mover systems. For a similar list for GoA2, see list of semi-automated train systems.
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Grade-of-Automation 3 systems
These systems are capable of driverless train operation (DTO), although some operators may choose to staff trains anyway.
GoA3 – Americas

Whereas Docklands Light Railway trains are driverless and do not have a separate cab, there is provision for manual operation
Country/region | Name of system | Line | Date | System | Notes |
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![]() | Salvador Metro | Line 1 | 2014 | SelTrac[1] | [lower-alpha 1] |
Line 2 | 2016 | ||||
São Paulo Metro | Line 3 (Red) | 10 March 1979 | ATO | [lower-alpha 2] | |
![]() | Walt Disney World Monorail System | 2016 | SelTrac | ||
GoA3 – Asia
Country/region | Name of system | Line | Date | System | Notes |
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![]() | Beijing Subway | Capital Airport Express | 19 July 2008 | Alstom Urbalis 400 | |
Shanghai Pudong Airport APM | 16 September 2019 | FITSCO JeRail | |||
Shanghai Metro | Line 5 | June 2018 | Thales, Shanghai Electric TSTCBTC2.0 | Initially operated in GoA1 (Manual operation) [lower-alpha 3][3] | |
Line 17 | 30 December 2017 | CASCO TRANAVI | [4] | ||
Wuhan Metro | Yangluo line | 26 December 2017 | CASCO | [5] | |
![]() | Soekarno–Hatta Airport Skytrain | 2020 | SiLSafe 5000 | [lower-alpha 4] | |
![]() | Disney Resort Line | 27 July 2001 | |||
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Lahore Metro | Orange Line | 25 October 2020 | CASCO (Alstom) | |
![]() | Sentosa Express | November 2017 | Hitachi Moving Block Wireless CBTC |
GoA3 – Europe
Country/region | Name of system | Line | Date | System | Notes |
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![]() | Sofia Metro | Line 3 | 26 August 2020 | Siemens Trainguard MT CBTC | [6] |
![]() | Budapest Metro | Line 2 | 2013 | Siemens Trainguard MT CBTC | [lower-alpha 5] |
![]() | Barcelona Metro | Line 11 | 2009 | Siemens Trainguard MT CBTC | |
![]() | Docklands Light Railway | 31 August 1987 | SelTrac | [lower-alpha 6] | |
Grade-of-Automation 4 systems
These systems are capable of unattended train operation (UTO), although some operators may choose to staff trains anyway.
GoA4 – Americas

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GoA4 – Asia

A Magenta Line Train waiting at a station in Delhi
GoA4 – Europe

The Lille Metro is operated using fully automated rubber-tyred VAL vehicles
GoA4 – Oceania

Sydney Metro Alstom Metropolis
Country/region | Name of system | Line | Date | System | Notes |
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![]() | Pilbara railways | Rio Tinto iron ore trains from Roy Hill | 28 December 2018 | Hitachi AutoHaul | [lower-alpha 23] |
Sydney Metro | North West Line | 26 May 2019 | Alstom Urbalis 400 | [lower-alpha 24] | |
Notes
- With train captains monitoring in cab
- With train captains monitoring in cab
- UTO system jointly developed by Thales Group and Shanghai Electric.[2]
- Previously operated in manual mode
- A supervisor is monitoring the train in the cab
- To be converted to GoA4
- With train captains monitoring in cab.
- Rebuilt in 1981
- Rebuilt in 2016
- This railroad is GoA2 capable, able to run a train without any person on board for the entire trip out to the Four Corners Generating Station and back to the mines.
- UTO system jointly developed by Thales Group and Shanghai Electric.[18]
- With train attendants to drive trains in the event of a disruption.
- Original system opened in 1990; upgraded to current system in 2006.
- The largest fully automated rapid transit network in the world with 202.4 km (125.8 mi) of automated rail lines.[29] Trains may have an attendant on board. Only North South line and East West line has driving cabins.
- North South and East West lines were converted from a lower GoA to a higher GoA
- Previously used VAL
- System started with an attendant on board each train full-time. Gradually over time, the presence of attendants decreased. By September 2017, trains have attendants only while in long tunnel sections.
- On the Asian side of Istanbul
- Red Line at 52.1 km (32.4 mi). The longest driverless network in the Middle East.
- Converted from manual to automated operation
- Rubber-tyred trains controlled by a system known as MAGGALY (Métro Automatique à Grand Gabarit de l'Agglomération Lyonnaise).
- First fully automatic metro in Italy. First section opened for the 2006 Winter Olympics, completed in 2014.
- The Rio Tinto Group "AutoHaul" system on its iron ore railways in the Pilbara.[37] This system is GoA 4 capable, able to run trains without a single person aboard for the entire trip out to the mines and back to the port. In October 2017 the first fully autonomous test took place over a 100 kilometres (62 mi) section.[38] The group was granted accreditation by Australia's Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator, approving the autonomous operation of iron ore trains in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.[39]
- First completely driverless metro line in Australia.
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