ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoThe French railway network has shrunk over the yearsi.redd.itimagemessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down14
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minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoWouldn’t railway be the perfect mode of transport to automate though?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoreducing driver costs is precisely why public transport organizations try to run trains instead of buses lmfao staff costs are HUGE in the west
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWe’re talking about trains here, not buses. So one driver per potentially many many hundreds of passengers.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoProbably more so than cars, but I don’t see that coming anytime soon.
Wouldn’t railway be the perfect mode of transport to automate though?
The driver isn’t the large cost.
reducing driver costs is precisely why public transport organizations try to run trains instead of buses lmfao
staff costs are HUGE in the west
We’re talking about trains here, not buses. So one driver per potentially many many hundreds of passengers.
Probably more so than cars, but I don’t see that coming anytime soon.