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[–] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sold on "driverless". Even if it's being monitored 24/7 by some dude in Brussels or whatever, there's really no substitute for having someone PHYISCALLY on that train, in control, in case of an emergency or something.

[–] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 8 months ago

There's been driverless subway for decades though, if it's intracity travel (which seems the case here), then it makes sense.

Maglev doesn't, as many pointed out

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 points 8 months ago

Someone will have to be there still, but they can do more useful things than sit in a box staring at signals

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au -4 points 8 months ago

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.