TOKYO — Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country's demographic crisis.
TOKYO — Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country's demographic crisis.East Japan Railway will first introduce trains where many of the driver's tasks are automated — but they will remain in the cab — on parts of one route from 2028, the firm said Tuesday.
'Through realizing driverless driving and transforming railway management to an efficient and sustainable system, we will adapt to changes in the social environment such as declining population and reforms in ways of how workers work,' a company statement said.The main drive behind the plan, however, 'is the need to constantly innovate railway technology, and that could in turn help address labor shortage and other issues', a JR East spokesman told AFP on Wednesday.
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