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« on: May 04, 2019, 17:20:06 »
These new trains are going to operate without any onboard staff, a UK▸ (United Kingdom) first: https://t.co/9XPplDKNRS
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« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2019, 19:57:54 »
....just 33 years after Vancouver's Sky Train!
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« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2019, 20:58:29 »
Quote from: SandTEngineer on May 04, 2019, 17:20:06
These new trains are going to operate without any onboard staff, a UK▸ (United Kingdom) first: https://t.co/9XPplDKNRS

What about the Birmingham Airport and Gatwick Airport rail shuttles?
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« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2019, 21:16:07 »
Quote from: bignosemac on May 04, 2019, 20:58:29
Quote from: SandTEngineer on May 04, 2019, 17:20:06
These new trains are going to operate without any onboard staff, a UK▸ (United Kingdom) first: https://t.co/9XPplDKNRS

What about the Birmingham Airport and Gatwick Airport rail shuttles?

Docklands Light Railway?   Isn't the incline lift at Greenford a rail way (but is the lift a train?)
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« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2019, 21:17:13 »
All DLR▸ (Docklands Light Railway) trains have a member of staff onboard.
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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2019, 09:14:14 »
Quote from: bignosemac on May 04, 2019, 20:58:29
Quote from: SandTEngineer on May 04, 2019, 17:20:06
These new trains are going to operate without any onboard staff, a UK▸ (United Kingdom) first: https://t.co/9XPplDKNRS

What about the Birmingham Airport and Gatwick Airport rail shuttles?

Are they not 'People Movers' rather than railways though, BNM?
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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2019, 15:29:43 »
Aren't heavy rail passenger trains also people movers? Tongue
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