Driverless trains tested on Metro Line 18
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A driver sits behind the control desk of a Metro Line 18 train in a test run. The line, after it takes passengers, will be driverless.
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The control desks will be sealed up after the trains are ready to take passengers and be opened only when manual intervention is necessary.
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Engineers work during the test run on Thursday.
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Engineers work during the test run on Thursday.
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The ticket floor of Zhoupu station on Line 18.
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Workers work at Zhoupu station on Line 18.
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Test runs of six trains, without passengers, has started at the eight southern stations on Metro Line 18.
The stations, from Yuqiao to Hangtou, are expected to be completed and open to passengers by the end of the year.
Liang Guanghui, manager of the Shanghai Metro Line 18 Development Co, said 85 to 90 percent of the work at the eight stations has been finished with decoration work still underway.
Metro Line 18 trains will be driverless and the line will be the first in Shanghai to offer wireless charging in carriages.
The 36.8 kilometer, 26-stations line starts at South Changjiang Road in the north and runs through Baoshan and Yangpu districts and the Pudong New Area, with interchange stations for Line 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16.
The rest of the line is expected to be completed by the end of next year.
