On 06/12/2012 11:51, Graham Murray wrote:
writes:

On 4 Dec, 12:18, wrote:
Crossrail should have gone with double decker trains. The bullet should just
have been bitten and regauge all the pre-existing lines it'll run on to
UIC gauge. It would cost a lot in the short term but the long term gains would
almost certainly make it worth it.

That would probably have lengthened load/unloading times.

What are the relative loading/unloading times for Paris double-deck vs
single-deck RER services?

Don't know about Paris but dwell times for Dutch DD stock are noticeably
longer than for the conventional metro stock on the next platform.

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