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Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand(newatlas.com)

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cestvrai@lemm.ee
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Seems over-complicated…

I could imagine an autonomous, on-demand rural train service. Due to the low expected traffic, it seems like you could just build some additional sidings and use a more conventional design.

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FuzzChef@feddit.de
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How would traffic pass each other? You would be stuck with the same issue as normal trains.

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lengau@midwest.social
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You could build some additional sidings

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FuzzChef@feddit.de
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If someone was willing to invest into building and maintaining infrastructure there would be no need for this concept, but that’s a political issue. The idea of this concept is do make the best of what you have.

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