wrote on 30 August 2013
23:34:09 ...
On 30/08/2013 00:05, Richard J. wrote:
wrote on 29 August 2013
21:47:23 ...

Ridership has skyrocketed on Paris Metro's Line 1 since its automation,
according to a BBC report.

Really? Seems unlikely. The trains are not significantly more frequent
than before, and the trains look exactly the same as the old ones,
except for not having a driver at the front.

There's no cab.

"Skyrocketed"? A few % growth at most I would have thought.

I think that the word they used, actually, was soared.

It was actually "rocketed". (see below)

Do you have a link to this dubious report?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20989427

That report is dated 11 Jan 2013, less than a month after line 1 became
100% automated. BBC London's transport correspondent, Tom Edwards, said
that "passenger numbers have rocketed to nearly three-quarters of a
million a day". That sounds to me like a reference to the figure of
725,000 passengers a day that RATP have been quoting since 2010. The
rocketing happened over the last decade, not the last few weeks.

Incidentally that figure of 725,000 passengers a day is greater than any
LU line, assuming that the figures are measured the same way in both
cities. The Northern line appears to be closest; LU quote 660,000
passengers per weekday.
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Richard J.
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