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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostOn the contrary, there are many kinds of rolling stock on the Tube: Category:London Underground rolling stock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCoffee's for closersComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostCarriages have different lengths and are usually longer compared to the olden days. A long straight line on a curve is a recipe for longer gaps.
Of course thats a boring answer so instead I'll blame Bob and Kraut train designers.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostIIRC each line only has one type running on it+50 Xeno Geek Points
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostAnd having a physical barrier between passengers and the line is possible and relatively easy to engineer. The Jubilee line has this, as does the Singapore MRT
Platform screen doors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What really represents modern Britain is the almost total reliance on victorian age engineering!
When the JLE was being planned, the business case for the screen doors was very clear - the extra cost of putting the doors in and maintaining them was far lower than the cost of dealing with all the accidents and (more frequently) suicides and the knock-on economic costs of all the delays while they were cleared up."A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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Originally posted by Freamon View PostWhen the JLE was being planned, the business case for the screen doors was very clear - the extra cost of putting the doors in and maintaining them was far lower than the cost of dealing with all the accidents and (more frequently) suicides and the knock-on economic costs of all the delays while they were cleared up.Comment
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She'd probably got that same train a million times before, and each time happily steped over the gap as have countless other people, So why should we have to have physical barriers between the platform and the train?? for the 0.00001% of times that someone slips??
Trains break down enough as it is without introducing more complexity.
Also, what would happen in the event of a fire on the train? imagine the train pulls into the station, doesnt quite line up with the doors on the platform so they dont open, and everyone burns to death as they cant get out of the train..
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I kind of agree - if we head down this route then how long before we have roads with perspex panels all the way along with doors only at crossing???
It is very difficult to engineer a perfect solution which takes into account all potential risk considerations and mitigates them..
at some point you have to rely on the user to not be a complete titComment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostI kind of agree - if we head down this route then how long before we have roads with perspex panels all the way along with doors only at crossing???Coffee's for closersComment
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The gap also depends on the length of the cars and position of the bogies as well as the curvature of the platforms themselves.
Another problem is the inconsistent height of platforms and rolling stock. There is often 8" or more vertical distance as well.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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