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Re: Timing of door closing-how critical is it? |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Feb 10 12:40:18 2019, in response to Timing of door closing-how critical is it?, posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 10 08:32:19 2019. When NYCTA's R44's were brand new, the door closing chime sounded when the c/r pushed the closing buttons the chime sounded...………..then a delay of 3-5 seconds before the door would close w/o any more action by him.But when the doors actually started to close if someone was getting on the c/r had to reopen the doors so the passenger would not get struck by the doors. Now he hits the close buttons (door to his left and doors to his right), the whole cycle starts again. Now you have excessive dwell time. In the early days when the cars started on the Queens IND, if you see an R44 come in, there was a good chance of a "regular" train right behind it, especially if it was an F, thanks to the lengthy trip time. AT a certain point, the delay feature was modified to when the c/r pushed the closing buttons, the doors closes w/o delay. |
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