Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Why Trains are so Expensive" video.

  1. Poses some interesting questions for the future of long distance transportation... a considerable chunk of the highly specialized jobs will never go away, but I'd guess that with automation at least part of the overall jobs on trains could be eliminated. I understand that trains in countries like Japan makes way more sense because of short travel distance, but I'd imagine that with modern trains and modern systems, we could be going towards a future where trains becomes more viable. Hard to think that planes will get that much more automated than they already are. You will still need pilots for both methods, operators, a few flight attendants, some staff and whatnot.... rail maintenance could become more automated, boarding staff too in both cases. The problems around per employee expenses being directly related to travel times still won't go away, but they could be reduced with modern trains going faster of course. Well, it all depends on how many of the train related jobs are going towards irreplaceable jobs I guess. But it could perhaps be the case of re-thinking how it's done today to make it cheaper. Anyways, great video!
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