Trains to new Beijing airport being debugged

Automated subway trains - without drivers - for transit from downtown Beijing to the new international airport under construction south of the city are being debugged, according to the manufacturer. The trains will also be the fastest subways in the country.

The trains, designed to run on the subway line linking the new Beijing Daxing International Airport and Caoqiao subway station in downtown Beijing, are being built by China Railway Rolling Stock Corp, Qingdao Sifang, based in Shandong province.

They are the country's first urban rapid-transit trains to be capable of fully automated driverless operation. Using the system, the train can automatically start, run between stations, accurately stop at a station and open and close its doors, the company said.