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

Country/region Name of system Date System Notes
Canada CanadaExpo Express1967–1972Union Switch & Signal[lower-alpha 1]
France FrancePoma 20001989–2016[lower-alpha 2]
MP 511952-1956ATO "mat"770m shuttle service, rubber-tyred metro
Germany GermanyBerlin M-Bahn1989–1991[lower-alpha 3]
Japan JapanNarita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System1992–2013Otis Hovair[lower-alpha 4]
Portugal PortugalSATUOeiras2004–2015MiniMetro
United Kingdom United KingdomBirmingham Maglev1984–1995
Post Office Railway1927–2003[lower-alpha 5]
United States United StatesDuke University Medical Center Patient Rapid Transit1979–2009Otis Hovair
Harbour Island People Mover1985-1999Otis Hovair
Indiana University Health People Mover2003–2019UniTrak
Jetrail1970–1974
Muskingum Electric Railroad1968–2002[lower-alpha 6]
Vought Airtrans1974–2005

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.
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