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Colin Rosenstiel · January 19th 08, 08:41 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Edward Cowling London UK) wrote:

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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:48:17 +0000, Edward Cowling London UK wrote:

Hi fellow brother of the damned, I do the same awful route :-) I've
lost track of the times I've started to move towards the doors, only
to have the train stop dead and chuck me about. I don't get this on
the Piccadilly line.

Plus the trains don't wait at the platform like the human driven
trains do if there is a bad morning with the trains up ahead. They
just stop in the bloody tunnel.

All in all give me a human being at the wheel any day.

It's still a human being that presses the buttons to close the doors
and start the train moving.

That's like calling the guy in the space capsule a pilot :-)

Say what you like, but the trains always felt safer and seemed to
run better when they had a driver and a guard.

The Victoria Line has never had any other driving system than the one it
has today. So it's hard to make sense of your remarks. It is designed for
higher speeds than older lines so greater acceleration and braking is to
be expected.

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Colin Rosenstiel