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Description: | This photo was taken in the cab of an Underground train in 1980, when the Underground lines were introducing One Person Operation (O.P.O.) trains.
O.P.O. trains could be operated by the driver alone without the need for a guard to control the doors. As part of the new system, telephones were installed in the cab to allow the driver to communicate with the control room. Improved communications were necessary once the driver had sole responsibility for the train.
The driver here is shown talking on the telephone in his cab. The picture was probably taken to publicise the new system. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Work | Temporal: | 12 Aug 1980 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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