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Re: New Melbourne trams have fewer seats than the old ones but they're longer!
- Subject: Re: New Melbourne trams have fewer seats than the old ones but they're longer!
- From: David McLoughlin <davemclNOSPAM@iprolink.co.nz>
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:01:54 +1200
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.urban-transit
- Organization: Not worth asking
- References: <399DE6E7.7629@iprolink.co.nz> <8nl6c6$qht$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:16386
Railway Rasputin3 wrote:
>
> Would the dimension of seats on Combino bigger then those seats on
> current trams?
Looking at the diagrams the seats are smaller.
My point was that the Combinos are European trams designed and built in
Europe for short-distant European tram trips (where most people are
happy to stand for the short distances they travel) , not Melbourne
trams designed and built in Melbourne for the longer average journeys
where long-distance passengers expect to sit for their trip.
Why couldn't Melbourne's new trams have been designed and built in
Melbourne for Melbourne conditions, like all Melbourne trams before
them?
David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand