On 25/01/2012 10:47, Neil Williams wrote:
On Jan 25, 11:37 am,
wrote:

I've seen those in Köln, on the city's pre-metro. I wonder if that
feature still exists in a number of city's with pre-metros.

The Koeln ones are more like the US ones described - the steps are
"inside" rather than "outside", if I recall. They "collapse" down
very quickly to the point I wondered if they caused accidents.

I think many cities with pre-metros just have low platforms throughout
so either permanent steps or low-floor trams. Certainly true of Den
Haag.


The Brussels pre-metro platforms have a sunken centre section for the
trams. Is this to enable the easy provision of high level platforms
if/when the lines are converted to full metro operation?


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