On 05/10/2013 13:18, Richard J. wrote:
Roland Perry wrote on 05 October 2013 09:54:35 ...
In message , at 23:51:57 on Fri, 4 Oct 2013,
" remarked:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-Tube-future-2
1st-century-vision-London-train-goes--offering-30-space-air-conditioning
.html

That has to be the ugliest front end on a train ever devised.

I don't find it particularly ugly, quite elegant in a way, but what I
find odd is that this driverless train doesn't appear to let passengers
sit at the front, as on the DLR and the Paris Metro driverless trains.
No side windows near the front, and a dark front. So if it's not a
driver's cab, what is it? If it's a bolthole for the passenger service
agent to use when the train is crush-loaded, how does he get there (no
separate side door)?

It's a cab, because it is not a driverless train:

"Siemens would be able to supply trains suitable for manual driving,
automated operation with a driver in the cab, automated operation with
no cab but with a member of staff onboard, or unattended automatic
operation.

The wall separating the cab from the passenger area is designed to be
removed if conversion to automatic operation were to be requested after
the trains entered service, increasing the space available for
passengers. The control equipment would be located under a seat, where
it could be accessed by on-train staff if required; a similar procedure
has been adopted on the Docklands Light Railway, where onboard staff can
drive the trains manually if necessary."

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/u...und-train.html



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