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Another W&C Closure?
On Mar 16, 7:20 pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
That is exactly what it is - a trial. If you consider the LU environment it is hugely varied and we have to start somewhere with evaluating a relatively simple approach to providing level access into the trains. Given that wheelchair space is at specific points in the trains then this trial is designed with that in mind. Raising the entire platform is not cheap and still causes issues at those points where you exit the platform into adjoining corridors / stairs or ramps. Solving one issue may well cause other more complex ones. The real challenge centres on what to do with places like Bank Central Line (curved) or compromise height locations like Hammersmith D&P where you step up to District line trains and down into Picc Line ones. That's easy - change the level of the track on either side of the island, so that the Picc lines are lower and the District lines are higher. The only disadvantage is that when trains from either line are diverted due to disruption, the H&S nailbiters will howl because the level access is gone... |
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