But that alone does not rule out introduction of a fully-fledged guest conductor system elsewhere.

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"If you are not in the first five cars" of the downtown train, "you will not get off at old South Ferry, " the conductor warned on the announcement system inside a train.

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The system consists of sensors fitted on cables throughout the network, both overhead and underground, measuring current and conductor temperature.

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