Kyushu, Feb 23 (News On Japan) –
JR Kyushu introduced on Thursday that, along side the timetable revision on March sixteenth, it is going to start an indication of autonomous driving on some trains on the Kagoshima Line, with a driver on board.
Five trains will function each day between Orio (Kitakyushu City) and Futsukaichi (Chikushino City, Fukuoka Prefecture). The firm goals to confirm questions of safety and the consequences of operational effectivity on its most important standard strains and goals for full operation by the tip of March 2026. In a driving coaching session open to the press on February twenty first, the practice started to speed up when the driving force pressed the beginning button and steadily decelerated to cease because it approached the station.
Source: Kyodo