Production of China’s first fully automatic subway trains has been completed, officials announced on Monday. According to Changchun Railway Vehicles, a subsidiary of China CRRC Corporation, they are scheduled to be put into service later this year, Xinhua news agency reported. The trains, with a top speed of 80 km per hour, can carry a maximum of 1,262 passengers. Unmanned subway trains were first introduced in Copenhagen, Denmark and are used in cities including Paris, Barcelona and Nuremberg.
