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How much savings would you expect from this? And whose job should be automated? If you think about replacing one driver per train then probably the cost of auto
by lafar6502 9y ago
How much savings would you expect from this? And whose job should be automated?
If you think about replacing one driver per train then probably the cost of automation is higher than his salary. Instead of paying one man a salary you would be forced to pay a maintenance contract to some IT/automation company that would charge you exorbitant rates just because this is industrial automation and you have no idea how to operate it.
- tritium 9y agosome IT/automation company that would charge you exorbitant rates just because this is industrial automation This is shenanigans. This is the kind of game Enron [0] played, gouging prices for irrational reasons, until eventually outside intervention dismantled their operation, to discover actual costs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Star_(business) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Star_(business)
- nmstoker 9y agoA bigger benefit than cost savings with the workforce would be higher reliability of service. With the Tube in London delays with driver changes often cause the trains to be held up significantly. TfL don't suffer the external costs but the costs of one driver are insignificant compared to five minutes for 500 passengers on a train, day in day out.