• WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Denmark’s metro’s are fully automated and it’s amazing.

    how does its full automation make it amazing to you?

    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOP
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      3 days ago

      I can sit in front in a “fake cockpit” and look out the front window.

      But more importantly they run like clockwork, there’s often a new metro every 7min they arrive and leave exactly when scheduled. I’m sure they also save money

    • Pup Biru@aussie.zone
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      3 days ago

      realistically having a person onboard makes little difference at all to passengers (you regain a tiny bit of space at the front and end of each carriage segment where the driver usually sits - that’s about it). the argument is that they can run trains more frequently because the ongoing cost is lower so the only cost is an investment in rolling stock - generally seen as more viable because it’s an asset rather than just a cost