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GeoffreyHansen
Minister for Railways
Joined: Apr 13, 2004
Last Visited: Dec 22, 2008
Location: Waiting for the next commuter service to Bathurst
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:40 pm
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| Myrtone wrote: | | GeoffreyHansen wrote: | | What we need is a rail vehicle that can serve the street from a low floor level and can serve high level railway platforms. Maybe an internal lift would need to be included for wheelchair passengers. |
B1.2001 orginally had dual height entrance steps for this purpose, but in those days, only high level plafroms were the ame height as the vehicle floors. Such a vehicle would be able to provide level boarding at all stops (which didn't matter in 1987), but level boarding is need at all stops now for accesability reasons. Sure, you could have lifts, but level boarding is quicker easier and more dignified. |
What I meant was part of the tram being high-floor and part of the tram being low-floor with a lift (and steps for able bodied persons) between the two parts. This would ensure that level boarding is available from both street level and high railway platforms.
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wongm
Minister for Railways
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Location: Geelong, Victoria
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:49 pm
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| wongm wrote: | Getting all Riccardo on you all, but the tram train idea isn't new...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe_model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram-train |
The idea seems to have existed for a couple of decades but it's a shame that it has only been applied rarely. We need to have more tram-train applications.
It's an even bigger shame that the idea wasn't thought of in the early years of tramways.
Bring the 3900s back to Brisbane
Bring Karlsruhe Tramtrains to Australian cities
Extend the proposed Metro to Taylor Square
Extend the Gold Coast line to the Tweed
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Melbournesparks
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Myrtone
Chief Train Controller
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Location: North Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:18 pm
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A related thread started before this one is on one of my own proposals, the Williamstown light rail.
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