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Re: Option III order for the R160? |
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Posted by WillD on Tue Dec 1 23:16:56 2009, in response to Re: Option III order for the R160?, posted by Grand Concourse on Tue Dec 1 21:38:11 2009. Yes.The Paris Metro has turns much, much tighter than anything found on the NY subway, yet they've been using walk-through trainsets since the MF88s and MP89s were delivered the early 90s, and they continue to do so with the MF2000s. MP89:  MF2000: The small profile network of the Berlin U-bahn has turns every bit as tight as anything the NYC subway has, and their HK stock features four unit walk-through trainsets. The large profile lines use H class 6 unit walk-through trainsets. An HK:  An H: Even has passenger operated doors, something it'd be nice to see US systems adopt. Toronto uses 75 foot rolling stock, and they too are ordering 6 unit cars with full length gangways, the T35A08 "Toronto Rockets".  Hell, every tram network outside of Philadelphia, a few historic trolleys, and perhaps a few systems in Eastern Europe that have old Tatras uses an articulated vehicle which operate on curves of much closer radius than any curve anywhere around New York City. I don't think I could state this more clearly, but curve radius is not an issue for an articulated subway car. |
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