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The Victoria line of the London Underground in London was one of the first metro lines to be equipped with automatic train operation.

The history of automatic train operation includes key dates for system introductions of different Grade of Automation. The lower grades, such as the German Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung introduced in 1934 have been available earlier.^[1] Higher grades, such as the driverless operation have been introduced almost only in case automated guideway transit.

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