Thread: Self-driving cars - and the future of passenger railways?
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Old March 24th 16, 02:45 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Self-driving cars - and the future of passenger railways?
On 24/03/2016 15:10, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Recliner wrote:

I'm pretty sure the doors open automatically when an automatically-driven
LU train stops.

The operator's job is only to close the doors, after which the train
departs automatically, runs automatically, stops automatically, and opens
the doors automatically.


I've checked with a friend who works for LU, and although the functionality
to do so exists within the Seltrac and TBTC systems, it's not currently
enabled, due to unions not agreeing to this.


Why not? And why does the union get a say in such things? Is there
some sort of extra payment based on number of button presses?

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