ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 6 days agoThe French railway network has shrunk over the yearsi.redd.itimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down14
arrow-up1320arrow-down1imageThe French railway network has shrunk over the yearsi.redd.itooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 6 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoWouldn’t railway be the perfect mode of transport to automate though?
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoProbably more so than cars, but I don’t see that coming anytime soon.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days 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-up1·2 days agoWe’re talking about trains here, not buses. So one driver per potentially many many hundreds of passengers.
Wouldn’t railway be the perfect mode of transport to automate though?
Probably more so than cars, but I don’t see that coming anytime soon.
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.