"Graham Murray" wrote in message
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77002 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?

AIUI they tried double deckers to fix their capacity problems on the Munich
S-bahn. And for short stops in town use, they don't work

People wont go upstairs to sit down for two stops, they just stand in the
lobby making the train full when it isn't really.

You cannot increase the capacity of the kind of line that Crossrail is,
using these trains

tim