<p>Artificial Intelligence is becoming ubiquitous in today’s world. One of the most impacted sectors, a major field of study at <a href="http://irt-systemx.fr/">IRT SystemX</a>, is Autonomous Transportation. While autonomous cars have garnered the most media attention, trains have recently joined the race towards autonomy. In this blogpost, we present the challenges that the rail industry must defeat in order to make driverless trains a reality.</p>