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Disabled 'to sue for Tube access'
"Andrew P Smith" wrote in message ... In article , Stephen Far easier to do what has been done on the JLE and get the platforms etc right first time. That was what I meant, that track can be positioned accurately relative to the platform edge, and prevented from moving. Given a straight platform this can bring the vehicle entrance very close to the platform edge, and a wheelchair can easily board. At existing stations which have tightly curved platforms it is not possible to avoid a gap which is too wide for a wheelchair to cross, but if the track is accurately positioned, so that the width of the gap is known, and constant, then I think that a device working on a similar principle to the New York gap filler could be designed to allow a wheelchair to board, and at a cost which would be affordable, which total reconstruction of the station, and the approach tracks leading to it, to eliminate the curved platforms would not be. If it is not possible to arrange for the vehicle floor to be exactly level with the platform surface then, as long as the difference is fairly small, known, and constant, then I think that a tilting gap filler could be designed, which would form a ramp as it extended. In an ideal world we would have anunderground system where all platforms were suitable for wheelchair access to trains, but in reality, the cost of the reconstruction which would be needed at some stations would be so high that it could never happen. In some circumstances this may be an affordable alternative. |
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Disabled 'to sue for Tube access'
In article , Stephen
Furley writes In an ideal world we would have anunderground system where all platforms were suitable for wheelchair access to trains, but in reality, the cost of the reconstruction which would be needed at some stations would be so high that it could never happen. In some circumstances this may be an affordable alternative. I agree with that. -- Andrew Electronic communications can be altered and therefore the integrity of this communication can not be guaranteed. Views expressed in this communication are those of the author and not associations or companies I am involved with. |
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