This Week in History..............21st March 1963 22nd March 2012

It seems appropriate, given the current BBC2 series "The Tube", to note these events from this week in 1963.....
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1963: Train drives itself

                        The first automatic train on the London underground could be hurtling into stations in three weeks, the government has revealed.

                        The trains, which operate without a driver, are currently undergoing a series of trials commissioned by the Ministry of Transport before passengers are allowed on board.

But the public has the chance to glimpse the trains today, which have cost £60,000 to test, as they are demonstrated in South Ealing, west London, by the London Transport Board.

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