Is self-driving the same as fully-automated? I think not. Self-driving implies intelligence, and fully-automated trains simply follow rote rules, and apply the

Is self-driving the same as fully-automated? I think not. Self-driving implies intelligence, and fully-automated trains simply follow rote rules, and apply the emergency brakes if something unexpected happens. Not intelligent. Put another way, self-driving has unbounded complexity, while a fixed number of vehicles on a protected, grade-separated railway is not very complex at all.