World’s First Self-Driving Train: German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and German engineering company Siemens launched the world’s first automatic and driverless train on October 11, 2021, in the German city of Hamburg. This self-driving train was launched in the city of Hamburg.
This project is being developed by ‘Siemens and Deutsche Bahn’. It is being dubbed as “world-first”. The project is part of a 60-million-euro modernisation of the rapid urban rail system of Hamburg. These automated trains will offer a reliable service without laying a single kilometer of new track.