BEIJING TO OPEN FIRST DRIVERLESS SUBWAY LINE

Published:2017-03-21

 

Beijing will open its first subway line with self-driving trains this year, local authorities said.


The facility is the first fully domestically developed automated subway line on the Chinese mainland, said a spokesperson with the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.


The 16.6-km Yanfang Line, which is being debugged, will improve convenience of transportation for residents living in the city's southwestern suburb of Fangshan, the spokesperson said.

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