On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:16:03 +0000, Dave Arquati
wrote:

The DLR with its 99.2% reliability(?) is a testament to automated
operation.

It's also a testiment to new (or well-maintained), self-contained
networks with no street running. The Hamburg U-Bahn (which,
coincidentally, uses the same electrification system as the DLR) is
impeccably punctual and reliable, in my experience - and it has
drivers.

If the LUL infrastructure was completely renewed throughout to be of
the same standard as most European U-Bahnen, it would also achieve
those kind of figures, drivers or no.

Neil

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