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It's already a thing, first example that comes to mind is line 14 in the Paris metro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_14 https://en.wikipedi
by Totoradio 9y ago
It's already a thing, first example that comes to mind is line 14 in the Paris metro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_14
- sbarre 9y agoThe Skytrain in Vancouver does not have human conductors either. Although I would assume there are conductors in a control centre somewhere?
- masklinn 9y agoThere are no conductors, there's a control room with system overview and links to metros, stations and service personnel. See http://www.ansaldo-sts.com/sites/ansaldosts/files/brochures/copenhagen_metro.pdf http://www.ansaldo-sts.com/sites/ansaldosts/files/brochures/... page 21.
- d4l3k 9y agoInterestingly enough, all transit staff are trained to be conductors in cases when the automated system doesn't work. It recently snowed which incorrectly triggered the "something is on the track" sensors causing the entire system to stop. They just took all the people normally doing other tasks and made them manually drive the trains for a day until the snow melted.
- masklinn 9y agoI didn't know that, that's pretty damn awesome and excellent foresight.
- Rexxar 9y agoLine 1 is even more interesting as it was converted from manually driven operation to fully automated operation without without major interruption to passenger traffic. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_1)
- masklinn 9y agoAnd it was considered successful enough that they've started work on converting Line 4. After line 14 was put in service in 1998, RATP actually started drafting plans to convert lines 1, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 13.