Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoBerlin’s plan for driverless magnetic trains derided by climate groupswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down110
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minus-squareMelonpoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 months agoA driverless Maglev train is already rideable in Japan. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZX9T0kWb4Y&pp=ygURQ2jFq8WNIFNoaW5rYW5zZW4%3D Whether or not it’s worth it is yet to be determined. Driverless trains of lower speeds also already exist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_driverless_train_systems
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·11 months agoI never said they don’t exist. It’s old technology. For the price of a ridiculous project like this how much conventional PT could be built by a workforce that already is equipped for it.
A driverless Maglev train is already rideable in Japan.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZX9T0kWb4Y&pp=ygURQ2jFq8WNIFNoaW5rYW5zZW4%3D
Whether or not it’s worth it is yet to be determined. Driverless trains of lower speeds also already exist.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_driverless_train_systems
I never said they don’t exist. It’s old technology.
For the price of a ridiculous project like this how much conventional PT could be built by a workforce that already is equipped for it.