In message , at 13:15:07
on Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Mait001 remarked:
Leaving aside the power supply issues, which will have to be resolved in any
event, why cannot 12-car or 16-car trains be run on the Windsor lines. What
law is there that EVERY car has to be accessible to each platform?

Why couldn't for example, a Reading train leaving Waterloo specify that only
the doors of the first 8 carriages will open at certain stations and the rear 8
carriages at the others?

This could not have happened with slam-door trains, but with controlled doors,
why can this not happen?

It seems that the trains have been incompetently specified or designed,
and not all of them will allow this feature.
--
Roland Perry