Chris Tolley wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:25:59 +0000 (UTC), matt wrote:


Funnily enough, we were talking about this at work the other day.
Someone had suggested making trains longer to reduce overcrowding and
selective door opening to avoid lengthening platforms. When we pointed
out that this was not allowed, and he said - but what about the doors on
the other side of the train - what is to stop them opening accidentally?


Did he *really* say that?

He did. I suppose the point he was trying to make is that "selective
opening" means only opening (or unlocking) a subset of the available
doors, which is what already happens (except with MK1s, and on the DLR
at Canary Wharf etc.)