I think nurses and teachers should get better raises but certainly not those damn rail workers. The unions always bang on about passenger safety but all they care about is their own pampered members.
Railways are there to provide essential service to the public and they need to evolve to match technology to make that service as cheap as possible. There is no reason to keep the same level of ticket offices when so many buy online. There is no need to have guards to oversee passenger safety when technology can do a better job. Copenhagen has had driverless trains for years and they are very safe.
Good article in Telegraph about the appalling inefficiency of our railway networks in general - think you can get small number or articles for free
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...e-plug-socket/
Railways are there to provide essential service to the public and they need to evolve to match technology to make that service as cheap as possible. There is no reason to keep the same level of ticket offices when so many buy online. There is no need to have guards to oversee passenger safety when technology can do a better job. Copenhagen has had driverless trains for years and they are very safe.
Good article in Telegraph about the appalling inefficiency of our railway networks in general - think you can get small number or articles for free
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...e-plug-socket/
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