A giant driverless train was tested in China (3 photos + 1 video)
Chinese train drivers have been watching with sadness for 10 years as progress inexorably moves toward the inevitable. 
The history of driverless rail service officially began on August 10, 2014, when Shanghai. Shanghai Line 10, which carries about 1 million passengers daily on the route between Hongqiao Railway Station and Jilong Road, was the first metro line in the world to introduce driverless trains. 
Fully automatic unmanned train of Chengdu Metro Line 9
Having studied the positive experience with passenger transportation, Chinese engineers have taken on freight trains. Last week, an "unattended train" with a carrying capacity of more than 10,000 tons was successfully tested.
108 cars, with a total length of about 1,300 meters, set off from the Shuozhou coal base. After two and a half hours, the freight train successfully arrived at its destination, Dongying West Railway Station in Shandong Province.
Engineers have been monitoring all the main parameters and equipment of the train remotely all the time, and it can be controlled in real time via the remote control.
When the unmanned driving technology is widely applied, the average speed of trains is expected to increase by 1.7 km/h, and the average energy consumption for traction will decrease by 2.9 percent. This will greatly improve the efficiency of coal transportation from west to east in China.
