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The market will demonstrate what people want. My belief is that there will be service providers offering 'packages', rather like you can get for your mobile phone or broadband, and you will choose what service you want. If you want a dedicated car, reserved for your use only, where you can...

Careful where you are going with that argument. You are making the case for automated driving of all fast trains. Tram drivers, for example, need to use their judgement based on what they see from their windscreen. You are saying that high speed train drivers are automotons and simply perform...

I still do not understand what is achieved by a conductor passing through a train asking "tickets from XX please". Honest fare-paying passengers will offer their tickets to him or her but those trying to evade paying will keep their heads in their newspapers and avoid eye contact with the...

How realistic is it for a conductor to know who got onto a train where? On a train of, say, six cars or more, or where there are large passenger numbers joining and leaving, I cannot believe that a conductor can remember the faces of all those joining. I confess that often I carry on...

There would be no need for a 'Motorail'. By 2040, electric vehicle technology, together with autonomous vehicle control could combine to make the motorways much the same as a Motorail. You will be able to join a motorway in your electric vehicle, program the navigation system with the junction...