London set to bite bullet on driverless tubes but in Paris they run now

The commissioning of the first automatic trains on the Paris Metro’s oldest and most popular line at the beginning of November  was a world first for operator RATP in terms of technology and organization.

For the first time, an existing subway line has been automated without any major interruption to services. Until December 2012, when all trains will be automated, RATP is also tackling the challenge of combining both driverless automatic and manually driven trains on the same line....