A detailed response and thank you for the trouble you took to compile it. Too much detail for me, however we won't have to wait long on the summer of discontent to prove true or false, we'll kick it of with tomorrows Day of Rage March, even the name is inciting 'aggro',when a march condoned bt...
This is about preparing for the inevitable, in the not too distant future we will be having driverless trains, its coming, the technology is there, as with signalling is now done, ticketing will be online or purchased without a cashier. The unions know its coming and probably so do the drivers...