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Posted by J trainloco on Sun Mar 25 16:30:11 2012, in response to Re: Staten Island North shore cars (Re: And the R-179 contract goes to....), posted by WillD on Sat Mar 24 23:37:00 2012. It isn't! And that's the beauty of ordering something like that. You can effectively create one large fleet from what otherwise would be two smaller fleets,thereby reducing O&M costs. It is the commonality with the light rail North Shore fleet which is the primary selling point ordering something along those lines for the South Shore linesUnderstand that using a subway fleet for the SIR would mean that it shares commonality with a substantially larger car fleet just across the narrows. You get an even greater savings when you can order parts for 2,000 cars instead of 200. As it stands, SIR is already receiving SMS at CIYD. But I didn't say totally grade separated. There are plenty of LRT systems which have some segment that is grade separated. What the LRT provides is flexibility in routing while a heavy rail alternative is entirely wedded to the North Shore line alignment. My whole point about the north shore in Chicago is that if you get the power supply up off the ground, what difference does it make if its a low floor LRV or a standard subway car? Because the North Shore Line would be unlikely to be operated with that vehicle. It'd be operated with a 70% low floor,catenary powered LRV similar to those used by NJT just north of there. Then maybe it should share a fleet with NJT... |
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