Wenhu Line: Taiwan's First Driverless Metro
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Taipei's Wenhu Line has run driverless since 28 March 1996, using rubber-tyred VAL trains under GoA4 unattended operation controlled from a central operations centre. Getting there was rough: two rolling-stock fires and a derailment during 1993-94 testing pushed the launch four years past its original target. It has stayed unattended ever since, including after a 2009 merger with the Neihu extension.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Wenhu Line: Taiwan's First Driverless Metro” — Taipei, Taiwan. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/taipei-wenhu-line-driverless-metro/ (last verified 2026-08-11). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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