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The line is equipped with an Automatic Train Operation system ( ATO ); the train operator ( driver ) closes the train doors and presses a pair of " start " buttons, and if the way ahead is clear, the ATO drives the train at a safe speed to the next station and stops it there.

This system has operated since the line opened in 1968, making the Victoria line the world's first full-scale automatic railway.