I really don’t see the need to have a driver in a vehicle on rails.
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Driver can act in unplanned problems.
Mostly incursions of people/vehicles/animals, but also medical emergencies, light mechanical/electrical failures, locking doors and access to areas of the train that become unexpectedly unsafe.
To get rid of the driver you need to get rid of any chance of these problems. Which Dubai metro does. But at what cost? The most obvious is that they had to make the entire track elevated/underground, with no crossings, just to avoid incursions. And the other issues? More redundant systems, Video surveillance, extra personnel at each station… it’s more a remote driver than no driver.
It’s not that easy and it’s not that economic.
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