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- Jan 1, 202325% CONFIDENCELow confidencefrom the source
France Aims to Transport Passengers on High-Speed Driverless Trains by 2023
- SNCF, the state-owned French railway, announced in June 2017 a 'drone trains' project for autonomous high-speed trains, with trials from 2019 and passenger service from 2023[1][2][3]
- A prototype was expected by 2019, first on freight trains; passenger service around 2023 was pitched for Paris and the south-east of France[1][2]
- CEO Guillaume Pepy told Le Figaro SNCF would be the first in the world to run an autonomous train on a high-speed commercial line, working like aircraft autopilot[2][3]
- External sensors detect obstacles and brake automatically, while a driver stays on board to supervise and handle unexpected events[1][2][3]
- The aim is more effective service rather than saving staff costs: about 25 percent more trains between Paris and Lyon, with the gap between trains cut from 180 to 108 seconds (per FranceInfo)[2][3]
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- [1]25%interestingengineering.com/france-transport-driverless-high-speed-trains-2023interestingengineering.com· Posted Jun 23, 2017· Starts Jan 1, 2023 ✓· 8% of score
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- [2]78%SNCF to run high speed driverless trains by 2023railwaypro.com· Published Sep 13, 2018· 46% of score
RailwayPro quotes SNCF's CEO pledging the company 'will become the first in the world to put into service an autonomous train on a high-speed commercial rail line,' targeting service by 2023 - matching the pin's stored January 2023 date, though as a 2018 aspiration rather than a confirmed launch.
- [3]76%France announces plans for driverless high-speed trains by 2023news.cgtn.com· Published Sep 13, 2018· 46% of score
CGTN similarly reports SNCF's goal of autonomous TGV trains 'by 2023' with trials starting in 2019, corroborating the pin's stored date as a target rather than a verified outcome, consistent with the pin's 'unknown' confidence.
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