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0 pointsAeolun3y ago0 comments

They did it before the whole thing was automated. Surely they can do it again.

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The automation allowed running more trains than ever before using less personnel than ever before.

You want the train company to keep 2x-3x personnel on hand just for days like this? Not to mentioned transition time.

So, run fewer trains. Fewer is better than none.

I am not familiar with European train, but it seems that they did?

> The international trains are not affected by this failure.

> The night trains can still run.

gpvos3y ago

That was with about a third of the current number of trains.[0] Expect complexity to go up exponentially as you increase the train frequency.

[0] Extremely rough off-the-cuff estimate. They were obviously automating as they went along during the years.

Sure, *but not on a single day without any warning what's ever*

AeolunOP3y ago

I’m sure nobody raised this issue before. They just didn’t care “Don’t worry, the system will always work”.

But here we are.

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