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Posted by Sand Box John on Sun Jul 25 20:45:29 2010, in response to Re: WMATA: 7k cars are not composed of 2 married pairs, posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Jul 25 17:45:48 2010. Sounds like WMATA is stealing a page from NYCT by having four car unitized untis. And with operating cabs at farthest ends of the consist, that should make for more seating and standee capacity, sans cabs.Not sure how NYCT shares various components and systems across their train sets. The pairs in the sets will still be coupled together using a draw bar, the pairs will be coupled to each other with a coupler. This is to maintain computability with WMATA's shop lifts and hoists. Any idea how the seats will be arranged in the new 7XXX series cars ? Maybe bench like with out cross seating for increased standee room ? 2 options were being proposed:  WMATA 7k cars transverse seating. If you compare the transverse configuration of 7k cars to the 1k cars there are 6 fewer seats. There are 5 rows of transverse seats between the doors in the 7k cars whereas the 1k cars have 6 rows of transverse seats, the 2 other seat are longitudinal seats at the R end of the car next to the doors, the 7k cars have 2 there the 1k cars have 1. This is because the end doors on the 7k cars are roughly 24" closer to the center of the car compared to the 1k cars. (see profile graphic below)  WMATA 7k car longitudinal seating.  WMATA 7000 Series Kawasaki Built Stainless Steel Transit Car WMATA 1000 Series Rohr Built Aluminum Transit Car According to David Alpert's post at greatergreaterwashington.org the longitudinal option is not going to used. Mr. Alpert I believe has a seat Riders' Advisory Council. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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