Arthur Figgis wrote on 02 December 2009
18:23:35 ...
wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
wrote:
Pyromancer wrote:
Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as SB
gently breathed:

Bearing in
mind that there have been a number of fatal crashes in the US due to
the drivers texting, is this acceptable behaviour? SB.

Slight difference though, in the cases in the US, the driver was
actually driving the train. On the DLR, unless working in emergency
manual mode (where the train captain actually handles the power
controller thingie), it's all fully automated.

At the time the DLR was built, it was felt that the public wouldn't
accept totally automated, staffless trains. Hence the provision of
the train captains to be a staff presence on board without having to
have actual drivers.

I wonder if that will change anytime soon, considering that it this
is often the case in continental Europe.

It might be a really bad aide

...idea...

for the train captains to try striking.

Has Nuremberg fitted platform doors?

No idea.

http://www.rubin-nuernberg.de/index.htm?bahnsteig_eng
"Due to the mixed operation of automated and conventional trains, which
has been carried out in Nuremberg for a time, and the presence of curved
platform, platform doors are not an option for Nuremberg metro stations."

Curved platforms at some stations on Line 1 of the Paris Métro aren't
preventing the installation of curved doors there. Bastille will be
interesting, with both curved platforms and a significant gradient at
the eastern end. Of course, if the mixture of rolling stock in
Nuremberg means that door positions vary between trains, then that would
be a valid reason not to install PEDs.

--
Richard J.
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