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[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wouldn't railway be the perfect mode of transport to automate though?

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Probably more so than cars, but I don’t see that coming anytime soon.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The driver isn't the large cost.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

reducing driver costs is precisely why public transport organizations try to run trains instead of buses lmfao

staff costs are HUGE in the west

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

We're talking about trains here, not buses. So one driver per potentially many many hundreds of passengers.