Re: Melb.Australia Rolling stock

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

Bob Exnarc still feels that double-deck unloading is measurably slower than
single deck unloading.
Possible fixes:
* There is enough length in the platform-level mezzanine section to provide
even wider doorways.
Paris Metro got station stops down to 10 sec (Melbourne claims an average
of 20 sec).
* This was assisted by multiple doorways per vehicle (but with greater
amounts of on/off transfer than in Melbourne), and by a blaring klaxon
warning people that the doors with specially sharpened edges would close
NOW; stand back and wait for the next train (quite acceptable where the
next would be within 5 min).
* Preannouncing stops, with the reminder to move to the doorway now to be
ready to alight.

-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Bob Exnarc <gwrly@netspace.net.au> wrote in article
<7n2sdi$i0u$1@otis.netspace.net.au>...
> As I mentioned in my mailing, I don't agree with the arguement against
DD's,
> I'm sure there are ways around the 2 door problem, however loading times
are
> critical during peak times, the various operators have a contract to
> maintain on time performance and I can assure you, this is very hard to
do
> during the peak, particulaly where school kids are concerned. (The
private
> school being the worst).