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Boltar · January 28th 04, 12:35 PM posted to uk.transport.london

(Aidan Stanger) wrote in message ...

Your question implies that double deck trains are better for regional
services than intercity ones, but the reverse is the case because of the
extra time the trains would take to load and unload.

TWhat is needed is not heigher cars that may be double decked with the problems
you mention, but WIDER cars which take little if any greater time to load but
carry much more people. Anyone who's been on the NYC subway knows how many
people those 10 foot wide BMT/IND cars can swallow up. Of course the british
loading guage becomes a problem then but perhaps theres some way of getting
the bodywork to overhang the platforms?

B2003