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Re: NYP: Metro-North conductors are opening doors to nowhere |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Oct 29 23:49:35 2014, in response to Re: NYP: Metro-North conductors are opening doors to nowhere, posted by The silence on Wed Oct 29 23:16:23 2014. How do people get in and out of long-distance buses then? The only low-floor buses I've seen are the double-deck Megabuses, and they don't outnumber traditional cruisers.Then you've got Metra, with their gallery cars. Only option for the small percentage of passengers that may have problem with stairs is the wheelchair lift(s). Chicago's not converting to low-floor push-pulls, even though they're available. Face it: high platforms are a problem. No good for wide freight loads, no good at stations with express platforms (unless you have the steps and trapdoors), higher costs overall, people falling between the gaps where you have a high platform on a curve, and of course doors opening to "nowhere" as we see here. There are still steps and trapdoors in use on NJT, MARC, SEPTA, MBTA and the South Shore Line, just as things have been for the past 185 years of US railroading. |
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