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Old July 14th 09, 09:44 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default 378s to be unveiled today - BBC

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Andy wrote:
The number of accessible stations certainly mean
that the trains should be accessible as well, regardless of the law
saying that they must be.


The accessibility of stations today is something of a red herring.

Trains tend to have wheels and can move from one route to another;
a non-accessible train will not be able to be used on routes which
do have accessible stations - or will be probably unacceptable
reduction in service if they do.

Secondly, trains have a lifetime of 20 or 30 years. In that time
accessibility is likely to improve on the current routes. It would
be a waste to have a station with platforms all can reach, but
trains that only some can use.


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