Massive miner Rio Tinto claims 20 per cent of pit-to-port train kilometres in Australia are now driverless

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Rio Tinto today, TfL tomorrow?

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has revealed that one-fifth of its pit-to-port train movements, in kilometres, are now done by autonomous trains - with the drivers simply standing by, ready...

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