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The French railway network has shrunk over the years (i.redd.it)
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[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 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

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

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