Richard J. wrote:
"There will be no more drivers on Line 1 from 2010. STIF [the Parisian
equivalent of TfL] has just given its green light to the project to
automate this line, ... the busiest in the Paris network with nearly 145
million passengers per year. Advantages for users of the line will
include increased frequency of trains, additional capacity of 6% in peak
hours, the possibility of running trains for a good part of the night
... But, above all, the introduction of driverless trains will allow
them to run even during strikes."

Well, the trains on that line come into platforms fairly sharpish, so I
wonder what ItLL be like with Ato. The trains on the Central Line come
in very fast ATm.
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