[tim333]

I don't think it's gadgetbahn

>something that claims to be innovative but in fact doesn't do anything not thought of before and doesn't solve any problems

The DLR was I think about the first decent scale autonomous rail system and provides a lot of transport.

I mean things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgantown_Personal_Rapid_Tran... predated it by a decade but is dinky in comparison.

[masklinn]

Kobe’s Port Island Line is generally considered the first fully automated metro and opened in 1981. Lille Metro is about the same scale as the DLR and opened in 1983.