Robot Drives Tube Train
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ย. 2023
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R2D2 applied for a job as a tube driver but he couldn't see out of the window. Rumour has it he now makes a living hoovering the carriages along with his friend Henry.
The sometimes-drivers on the DLR have the rather nautical job title of "Train Captain", which makes me want to salute them. Bank ahoy!
"few if any trees" is a classic excellent Jago line!
Rest assured, if driver-less trains are adopted the travelling public won't see a single penny knocked off the cost of a ticket....
When the first automatic ticket barriers were introduced in the early 60s they were referred to as "robot ticket inspectors".
Didn’t know Haaland took a stab at driving a tube train
This train is being operated by a robot, please remember when alighting the service to take your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.
I'm not even really a train person but have followed you for the history and knowledge of London and surrounds, better than some dedicate history buffs
When i worked for London Underground in the 90s i was told that right around opening the Vic, initially they only had drivers in case something went wrong as they thought they'd go fully automatic in due course, so all the driver really did was open the doors at each station. But at one station, the doors failed to close again, so the driver got out to investigate. Only, the doors then shut! And because the doors were all now closed, the train took off down the track - without the driver! So he had to run out to the street, flag down a cab, and try and work out where the train would have got to so he could catch it and get back on. Sure enough he found it, full of angry passengers, the train had still stopped at each station but the doors didn't open, so they were trapped until he rescued it 😅
Trust the Daily Mail to come up with a ridiculously clickbaity title like "Robot Drives Tube". Thankfully our man Jago wouldn't resort to such cheap gimmickery.
Frank Sprague,who invented the Multiple Unit concept,also worked on elevators,and invented the multi- car shaft principle! So a lot of that unmanned elevator technology got carried over to the subway usage! A bit complicated,but its some heavy duty engineering that people take for granted! Thank you,Jago,as usual,your side excursions,wind up being fascinating! Thank you 😇 😊!!
In the US there has been an automated train service at West Virginia University since the 70’s. It only has 3-4 stops. It was quite a folly when it opened as it used these new fangled computer things.
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I was lucky enough to get a cab ride on the Woodford-Hainault line during those early trials and pushed the 2 buttons to start the train. It all worked perfectly with no overruns or any other problems. I may be a bit of a Luddite, however, as I still like the thought of people driving trains, rather than automation.
I remember being on the southbound platform at Kings Cross some time in the early 2000s. A Victoria line train came belting into the station... and carried on belting through! Cue screaming of brakes and the train came to a halt with just the last carriage in the station. The front one must have been pretty much in Euston... I guess the train operator had a bit of a shock!
The Stockholm underground had a test train for ATO in the 60s I believe. And since 2000 the green line have been capable of ATO. The drivers can choose to drive or monitor.
Thank you, most interesting and informative. It always used to please me when waiting for a train into the city at Woodford to see the little ATO Hainault shuttle trundling in with it’s 1960 driving cars sandwiching the ancient trailers in between . . .
When I read the title "Robot drives train" I imagined Robbie from Fireball XL5 in the driver's seat going "On our way 'ome, On our way 'ome" in his metalic voice!! 😄 I'm just glad I didn't use the Victoria line until it got to Brixton and the system was well tested!!!!
That John Connor quip has me thinking the train will announce in a German accent: "Ride with me if you want to commute."
I’m surprised you didn’t mention Barcelona because in 1959 they opened a new line with automatic train operation based on photocells and lights between the rails and it was developed in house! But it lasted until the 70s because they merged with another line. But anyways the last 25 years aprox the modern ATP-ATO came again.