SNCF completes test run of autonomous locomotive

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SNCF completes test run of autonomous locomotive

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SNCF completes 4km test run of autonomous locomotive
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has completed the first test run of its autonomous train programme, with a locomotive hauling a flatbed wagon and a carriage travelling 4km between Villeneuve-Saint-Georges and Juvisy, Paris.

The test train was driven remotely from a control centre established at Vigneux-sur-Seine, and follows 18 months of research and development...
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