Boris say now looking at driverless trains.

kabayiri

Spartacus_Mills wrote: »

Jubilee Line and Northern Line either have been or are being modified to go driverless too. Worked on it a while back.

You could argue that the move towards driverless trains in the long run has nothing to do with strike action. Perhaps it's an inevitability.

Ironically, as this process of automation continues, it might just strengthen union resolve to get what they can for the drivers while they can.

chewmylegoff

Spartacus_Mills wrote: »

Jubilee Line and Northern Line either have been or are being modified to go driverless too. Worked on it a while back.

And the Victoria line. They still need a driver to open the doors and inform passengers that the reason that the train is not moving is because the signal is red (and also that the service is "good").

heathcote123

chewmylegoff wrote: »

And the Victoria line. They still need a driver to open the doors and inform passengers that the reason that the train is not moving is because the signal is red (and also that the service is "good").

You could use even an estate agent to do that.

angrypirate

heathcote123 wrote: »

You could use even an estate agent to do that.

An estate agent might lie though and tell you the signal is green when its actually red. They might also say things like "the platforms gap offers room for putting your own stamp on it"

chewmylegoff

...the spacious and modern interior of the train offers a unique opportunity to relax and to socialise and network with your well mannered neighbours.

movilogo

Remember when he said he was going to replace the Bendy Bus with a new design, hybrid powered Double Deck Bus ?

Bendy buses have already been decommissioned in London. New Routemasters are being introduced.

atush

Mice stealing the cables mainly ;-)

property.advert

The Victoria line was designed in the 1960s to be driverless from inception but the public were fearful back then. Not anymore.

bendix

TruckerT wrote: »

Actually, they are driven by computers, and the people who drive the computers would have Boris at their mercy...

If driverless trains were a serious possibility right now, BoJo wouldn't need to wait for a threatened strike, he would have started work already...

TruckerT

God you don't have talk some rubbish.

Driverless trains are a serious possibility right now. They already exist, all around the world, including in London on the DLR.

And by starting the discussion to introduce them to the tube system he is, in fact, starting work on it now.

angrypirate

bendix wrote: »

God you don't have talk some rubbish.

Driverless trains are a serious possibility right now. They already exist, all around the world, including in London on the DLR.

And by starting the discussion to introduce them to the tube system he is, in fact, starting work on it now.

I imagine Boris is being more cunning that the unions realise. So far as i understand, 3 lines could already be driverless - in fact, all the drivers currently do is open the doors. If he were to let these go driverless now there is a risk the remaining drivers will strike about their colleagues losing their job. So instead I imagine they will wait until the entire TFL network is capable of going driverless and then pretty much go driverless across the whole network.