Re: Everything You Need to Know about Double-Decker Trains
  TP

He summarises the pros and cons pretty well. One of the biggest problems
with high platform versions (but not low platform versions where the more
generous at-level space is on the lower deck) is the limited amount of
at-level space at the ends of the cars which can lead to severe congestion
because so many passengers need to remain at-level for various reasons and
it's also the location of the doors, thus numbers of people moving in and
out and thus lots of crowd clashing. However, low platform countries do
have it bad nonetheless, especially when there's a progressive transition
to high platforms ongoing. I was waiting on a high platform station in
Germany once and one of their interurban double deckers with doors on the
low level pulled in, with a vertical gap of about half a metre or so
between the threshold and the platform. I watched an elderly couple
struggle to drag each other up the climb from the door onto the platform,
having to kneel on the platform on the way out. German "perfection" at
work!

The V set design struck a perfect balance between at-level and double deck,
still the most brilliant of all double deck designs, but unfortunately
built before the age of accessibility and thus no easy access. It could
have been done if they were designed today but unfortunately Sydney now
mandates a standard carriage length and door position across the entire
commuter network so the V set cannot happen again. The alpha and omega of
double deck trains that one. If you haven't already, catch one before they
go, which is soon.

Tony P

On Tuesday, 20 April 2021 at 09:59:01 UTC+10gregsut...@...
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