The Lille Metro is a driverless light metro system located in Lille, France. It was opened on 25 April 1983 and was the first to use the VAL system. While often referred to as the first fully automated driverless metro of any kind in the world, the Port Liner in Kobe, Japan predates it by two years. The light metro system is made up of two lines that serve 60 stations, and runs over 45 kilometres (28 mi) of route.
Oscar Lambret metro station
VAL tracks on the system.
Port de Lille station.
One of the 60 Siemens VAL 208 trains.
Medium-capacity rail system
A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit. MCS's trains are usually 1–4 cars. Most medium-capacity rail systems are automated or use light rail type vehicles.
Glasgow Subway
Rapid KL – Kelana Jaya Line
Taipei MRT Wenhu Line (Brown Line)
Toronto subway's former Line 3 Scarborough was fully integrated with the rest of the heavy rail network, despite using light metro technology.