• The driverless train is more energy efficient than traditional trains. At the same time, this technology would improve the regularity of rail traffic.
• Automated trains can transport “up to 30 percent more passengers, significantly improve punctuality and save more than 30 percent energy.
  
• Although the train is controlled through digital technology and fully automated, a driver will still be present to supervise journeys whenever there are passengers on board.
  
• Other cities like Paris have driverless metros while airports often have automated monorail trains plying terminals, but those run on exclusive single tracks while the Hamburg train will be sharing tracks with other regular trains.

It is a German railway company, having its headquarter in Berlin. It is a private joint-stock company. The Federal Republic of Germany is the only shareholder in the company. It is the second-largest transport company in the world. In the year 2015, Deutsche Bahn was the largest railway company of the world by revenue.