Rupert Candy wrote:
Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

In message om, Rupert
Candy writes

...though the side-contact third rail system might not go down too well
in Piccadilly Gardens...

(Actually, I believe the original DLR stock which was sold on to Essen
has had pantographs installed without too much trouble, so I'm just
being facetious.)
It has indeed, and been fitted with 'proper' driving cabs and was
spotted a few months ago being driven down real streets on the U17.

I didn't know they did on-street running. Does that line have high
platforms, then? (Dragging us back on topic, that shows that the DLR
could, given pantographs, cope with street running extensions...)

No - the DLR would have to be given driving cabs as well, with a
consequent change in the entire operation of the system (most likely for
the worse).

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London