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Re: Driverless trains in USA
- Subject: Re: Driverless trains in USA
- From: "f.u.i.t.b.e.t" <fuitbet@yahoo.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 06:12:54 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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YES, at last get rid of that unproductive guard!!
"Marvin The Martian" <choochoo@spin.net.au> wrote in message
3AC664AC.C7D1EB3C@spin.net.au">news:3AC664AC.C7D1EB3C@spin.net.au...
> Some drivers in Sydney have always wanted to open and close the doors.
>
> Ian wrote:
>
> > "Mike Alexander" <malex @ bigfoot com> wrote in message
> > news:3ac5b361@news.microsoft.com...
> > > The Victoria Line in London has had driverless trains since 1968...
> > >
> > > Interestingly though, even though it seems successful, London has been
> > slow
> > > in equipping other lines. The Central Line was done during the last 10
> > years
> > > or so during an extensive modernisation. The Jubilee line was done
very
> > > recently as part of the extension to Stratford.
> > >
> > >
> > > > There are many examples of "driverless" trains in the world,
Singapore
> > for
> > > > one.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Geoff Lillico
> >
> > The ' Tube ' is another example. The ' driver ' is only there for '
Looks
> > ' and to stop his boredom pushes the two buttons to open and close the
> > doors at the stations - - - - - -Mind the gap ! Quoted from " The
> > Story of the London Underground " CHV 2040 VHS cassette LTM.
> > Rgds Ian S..................
>