Driverless Tube Trains ‘Poor Value for Money’, Says Leaked Analysis

Driverless Tube Trains ‘Poor Value for Money’, Says Leaked Analysis
Commuters wear face-masks during the morning rush hour on the Victoria Line of the London Underground in central London on Oct. 16, 2020, Tolga Akmen /AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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Driverless trains on the London Underground would be “poor value for money”, according to leaked internal analysis that calculates the cost of introducing them at over £7 billion.

The prime minister in June said that driverless trains should be a condition of future bailouts for Transport for London (TfL), which is currently on central government life-support after passenger numbers were hit by COVID-19 measures.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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