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[email protected] · November 24th 11, 07:13 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Chris Read) wrote:

Walter Briscoe wrote:

In 1967, when automatic train operation was introduced on the Victoria
Line, drivers applied muscle to become the highest paid Underground
drivers.

The saving in running costs probably justifies a premium.

They were the first LU drivers to have responsibility for door
operation, I presume, hence the negotiation for a premium payment?

Or were there guards, originally, on the Vic?

No. Never. The 1967 stock never provided for doors to be operated from
anywhere but the driver's desks in the cabs.

Or was the premium demanded because of the 'white collar'
responsibilities of operating (basically) a big computer, in a time
before mass computing?

Market pricing, wasn't it?

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Colin Rosenstiel