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

The driver isn't the large cost.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago

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