wrote:
Maybe it could connect with Airtrain @ JFK?


Well, the Vancouver Skytrain certainly could, because it's the same
technology (as is the Scarborough RT line in Toronto).

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Stephen Farrow wrote:
and partly about negotiating curves without
slowing right down.

Thats probably more to do with the side wheels on the bogies the
rubber tyred systems have. I should imagine derailing such a setup is
almost impossible unless the train actually rolls over.

B2003

Boltar wrote:
Stephen Farrow wrote:
and partly about negotiating curves without
slowing right down.

Thats probably more to do with the side wheels on the bogies the
rubber tyred systems have. I should imagine derailing such a setup is
almost impossible unless the train actually rolls over.

Probably, yes, but those *are* the two reasons why the rubber-tyred
system was chosen for Montreal (where there would never be any traction
problems for the rubber tyres in wet weather, because the entire system
is underground. There isn't even any open-air access to the depots,
because the system is designed to remain unaffected by Montreal's very
severe winter weather).

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Stephen Farrow wrote:
is underground. There isn't even any open-air access to the depots,
because the system is designed to remain unaffected by Montreal's very
severe winter weather).

There must be some sort of open air track access to at least one depot
to get trains in and out unless they crane them in a la the W&C line.

B2003

Boltar wrote:
Stephen Farrow wrote:
is underground. There isn't even any open-air access to the depots,
because the system is designed to remain unaffected by Montreal's very
severe winter weather).

There must be some sort of open air track access to at least one depot
to get trains in and out unless they crane them in a la the W&C line.

There is track access from the Metro's four lines to the depots, but
it's covered (you can see this, for example, at Angrignon station, which
has a depot next door - the station, which is also completely covered,
is slightly below ground level, as is the depot, and the depot's roof
covers the access tracks from the main tunnels).

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Boltar wrote:
Stephen Farrow wrote:

There isn't even any open-air access to the depots,
because the system is designed to remain unaffected by Montreal's
very severe winter weather).

There must be some sort of open air track access to at least one depot
to get trains in and out unless they crane them in a la the W&C line.

Not necessarily... maybe the system is linked to a tunnel section of the
national railway.

John Rowland wrote:
Boltar wrote:
Stephen Farrow wrote:
There isn't even any open-air access to the depots,
because the system is designed to remain unaffected by Montreal's
very severe winter weather).
There must be some sort of open air track access to at least one depot
to get trains in and out unless they crane them in a la the W&C line.

Not necessarily... maybe the system is linked to a tunnel section of the
national railway.

There is presumably some means of loading new vehicles in and removing
old ones at the depots (don't know what it is, it could just be a
loading dock), and there's no link to tunnel sections on either the CN
or CP main lines (not that it would do a lot of good if there was,
because of the rubber-tyred metro trains) - but the system, yes, is
entirely covered, and almost entirely underground (there aren't even
very many uncovered staircases leading down to the station mezzanines -
station entrances are usually either headhouse buildings or linked into
the ville souterraine).

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