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Re: Re: [MELB] Speed of metropolitan trains
- Subject: Re: Re: [MELB] Speed of metropolitan trains
- From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 00:41:59 +1000
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:12:55 GMT, "Roderick Smith"
<rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote:
>I have calculated a base case on a typical station spacing being 1500 m,
>with trains allowed 65 km/h, and 20 sec stopping time. Using the
>specifications for Melbourne's double-deck set: 0.75 m/sec/sec
>acceleration; 0.9 m/sec/sec service braking:
That is a maximum acceleration / deceleration rate, not a constant.