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Time consuming? You have seen how long it takes for sets to couple using auto couplers, haven’t you? I bet the coupling/un-coupling of REPs/TCs/33s they used to do at Bournemouth was far quicker. Likewise, watching two Railjets couple at Wien Hbf earlier this year was an object lesson in how to do it: no fannying around with stop short etc etc, straight on, shunter underneath, screw coupler, air pipes and jumper cables done in two minutes and train ready to go.What I don’t understand is how can you think manual coupling is better than automatic coupling where mechanical, electrical and pneumatic connections are made automatically and quickly just by pushing one train against another, without requiring any manual and time-consuming intervention before and after the process ?