Re: Olympic Loop

["tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au>]

Adam Joyce wrote in message <01bd1590$5bad4d40$0100007f@mikej>...
>Let's hope I have this right. The train pulls into the platform and the
>doors on one side open to let the Olympic-bound passengers out. Once the
>train is empty the guard has those doors closed and the doors on the
>opposite side opened to let city-bound passengers board. Correct?
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>Now, don't both platforms have barrier gates...one for exiting and one for
>entering. Why can't the guard wait until passengers have not only cleared
>the train, but cleared to platform (meaning they've ALL gone through the
>exit gates). This means that there is no returning on that side of the
>platform and that no person can get caught in the doors as no one (except
>security) will be on the platform. As long as the platform can be cleared
>quickly this should not prove a problem.



The number of trains would be a problem. Every 3 minutes isn't it? - open to
correction.


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