Closing Bell: Robo Train Has Arrived
Starting today, the L train is finally a robo train. The line will be fully controlled by a computerized signal system. The system will enable “the NYC Transit to run trains closer together, more frequently, and safer than the current antiquated signal system allows.” Motormen will still be on the trains though just in case…
Starting today, the L train is finally a robo train. The line will be fully controlled by a computerized signal system. The system will enable “the NYC Transit to run trains closer together, more frequently, and safer than the current antiquated signal system allows.” Motormen will still be on the trains though just in case a problem arises. When a rider was asked by NY Daily News about it, he replied, “I have to be honest. I’m a little afraid.” Are you afraid of your line becoming a robo train?
Photo by okreitz.
Nothing could be worse than the current incompetent system.
read the article: all trains will still have drivers AND conductors
neilw — Was that a BSG reference? Nice.
How good are the robots at organizing train evacuations during track fires and power failures?
If you break down under the east river, do you become a future archeological find or do you get out at some point?
If it means the train comes more frequently and then gets me to my destination faster, they can run the trains on voodoo and fairy dust for all I care.
It’s difficult to imagine the MTA operating trains worse than they do now. Most other modern transit services around the world run automated systems without incident. This allows greater capacity at lower operating costs. Makes sense to me, especially if a #6 is driving the train.
Yes, Tokyo is. It’s also clean, efficient and profitable.
Aren’t some of the more modern system in the world robo? Like Tokyo?
Running more trains, closer together without someone watching seems like a recipe for disaster…but you never know. Does this mean that we can now avoid the huge delay in train service at the terminal stations? If you’re getting off at the Rockaway Parkway or 8th Ave. stations for example, the trains have a tendency to sit at the second to last stops for quite some time before finally pulling into the terminals. I’ve always wondered why that delay existed…isn’t there any communication between the train and the terminal stations? I guess now we’ll see.