As part of that upgrade, its commissioned British studio PriestmanGoode to design the citys new Tube Train.

London Underground has received a $4 billion dollar design thats every bit as pretty as it is functional.

The above alone isnt very futuristic, but this next part is.

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Of course, these automated trains have understandably drawn a fair bit of controversy.

Neither of those thoughts are comforting, and yet theyre both possibilities here.

London intends to start small, replacing 250 of its trains before 2020-2025.

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After that, they wont be adding any new trains until at least 2060.

Like I said itll be a while.

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