I cannot understand the logic of the people in charge, up to the transport minister.
They spent $195 million to install the Thales system to allow a 20% increase in the number of trains running along the lines.
I think that their real purpose is to introduce a driverless system and eliminate 400 jobs of train drivers.
If the driver cost an average of $50,000 a year, the elimination of 400 jobs save $20 million a year. But the expendure of 1$195 million means that it takes 10 years to recover the cost of investment.
At the end of 10 years, we may have to spend another large sum to upgrade the signal system again, right?
Why try to eliminate 400 jobs when we are using 900 more maintenance staff compared to Taipei MRT for the same number of visitors?
After upgrading the signal system, we are getting more train breakdowns compared to the old system.
They spent $195 million to install the Thales system to allow a 20% increase in the number of trains running along the lines.
I think that their real purpose is to introduce a driverless system and eliminate 400 jobs of train drivers.
If the driver cost an average of $50,000 a year, the elimination of 400 jobs save $20 million a year. But the expendure of 1$195 million means that it takes 10 years to recover the cost of investment.
At the end of 10 years, we may have to spend another large sum to upgrade the signal system again, right?
Why try to eliminate 400 jobs when we are using 900 more maintenance staff compared to Taipei MRT for the same number of visitors?
After upgrading the signal system, we are getting more train breakdowns compared to the old system.
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