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On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Paul Scott wrote:
Mr Thant wrote: On 11 Mar, 18:07, "Peter Lawrence" wrote: No, they should be unhappy about being told to be rude to their customers Depends which customers - waiting for one person to board inconveniences all the ones already on the train trying to get somewhere. Drivers regularly waiting for every last customer is one of the remaining bad things about bus travel. In any case, isn't it quicker overall to let passengers board and so make the platfomr clearer for disembarkers from following trains? No, since the platform is likely to fill up again anyway. On a high frequency service, getting a few more trains through is going to be better for capacity than making sure each one picks up every last passenger. People will have to get used to mainline trains leaving pax on the platform as well, because its the only way the planned frequencies on the likes of Crossrail and Thameslink are going to be achieved... Random though, but what we need is train doors that swing outward rather than sliding. It'd clear a space on the platform for people to alight, and might make that currently utterly infuriating step a little quicker. tom -- Judge Dredd. Found dead. Face down in Snoopy's bed. |
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On 12 Mar, 12:43, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Paul Scott wrote: Mr Thant wrote: On 11 Mar, 18:07, "Peter Lawrence" wrote: No, they should be unhappy about being told to be rude to their customers Depends which customers - waiting for one person to board inconveniences all the ones already on the train trying to get somewhere. Drivers regularly waiting for every last customer is one of the remaining bad things about bus travel. In any case, isn't it quicker overall to let passengers board and so make the platfomr clearer for disembarkers from following trains? No, since the platform is likely to fill up again anyway. On a high frequency service, getting a few more trains through is going to be better for capacity than making sure each one picks up every last passenger. People will have to get used to mainline trains leaving pax on the platform as well, because its the only way the planned frequencies on the likes of Crossrail and Thameslink are going to be achieved... Random though, but what we need is train doors that swing outward rather than sliding. It'd clear a space on the platform for people to alight, and might make that currently utterly infuriating step a little quicker. Surely the ideal way to increase capacity is to shut out the passengers at the station entrances. Letting them on to the platform and then shutting the doors on them is typical British dithering. |
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"Mr Thant" wrote in message ... The District Dave thread on the topic is pretty comprehensive: http://districtdave.proboards39.com/...d =1186751545 It gives the impression they're automatic and purely informative, and only installed in places where the driver can't see the other train. Interesting thread, I didn't know that there were holding lights at Wembley Park as well. I'm surprised that there are no holding lights on the Victoria Line, considering that it was designed specifically to allow easy cross platform transfers. But I guess the tightness of schedules and the intervals don't allow for that. |
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