>>Any figures on accidents/deaths in Nth America?
> Not enough to hand to draw conclusions.
> US, 5 year average, deaths per passenger mile: 0.6/billion (US billion)
> UK, single year (not clear which), same units, 0.5/billion (US billion)
> Which is across ALL systems of train operation, so near impossible
> to sort out "token (staff, etc) is/is not safer".
Do any of them use the disappearing train type of radio for issuing Train
Orders?