"Nick" wrote in message
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On 07/03/2016 23:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


Secondly why trains are so expensive and still have human drivers given
that they are already experimenting with computer driven cars.

Unions...

They may be part of the problem. But I think it is more than that. More
that there is no commercial pressure to make railways efficient.

And yet the monopoly phone system did away with operators even
when there was no commercial pressure to make things more efficient.

No survival of the fittest that occurs in the motor car industry.

There wasnt with lifts either.

The main problem with the railways in Britain is that there
is no one with the balls of a Maggie or Murdoch prepared
to take on the unions.