This is a list of driverless 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-automatic train systems.
Grade-of-Automation 3 systems
These systems are capable of driverless train operation (DTO), but a train attendant operates the doors and drives the train in case of emergencies.
GoA3 – Americas
Whereas Docklands Light Railway trains are driverless and do not have a separate cab, there is provision for manual operation
↑With train attendants to drive trains in the event of a disruption.
↑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 202.4km (125.8mi) of automated rail lines. 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
↑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.
↑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 "AutoHaul" system on its iron ore railways in the Pilbara. 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 (62mi) section. 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.
↑First completely driverless metro line in Australia.
↑"武汉地铁进入全自动驾驶时代 5号线有望"尝鲜""[Wuhan Metro enters the fully driverless era: Line 5 could have "early preview"]. Chutian Metropolis Daily. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019– via China News Service.
↑Kampík, Vladimír; Pavel, Michal; Stříteský, Petr; Gurník, Peter (26 March 2025). "Automation: Journey to a driverless future". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
↑Özen, Ege Buğra (3 January 2024). "İstanbul Havalimanı'na yerli metro"[Local metro to Istanbul Airport]. AirTurkHaber (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 September 2024.