Re: Tram Stop platforms [was VR trams (was Batman Avenue Trams Finished!)

[Daniel Bowen <dfbowen@my-dejanews.com>]

David McLoughlin wrote:
> I can't follow why so many people here are saying the Z trams can't use
> stops with platforms. I have just gone through the photos I took all
> over the system 18 months ago and there are several of Zs using stops
> with platforms similar to the one that was at Swanston&Flinders.
> 
> For example, one of the photos is of a Z inbound at the platform stop in
> Brighton Road on Route 67, just before the Chapel Street junction.
> Another is the North Melbourne terminus at the junction with Flemington
> Road. There are several more.

That's correct, but I think the difference might be that the Zs don't
run in places where passengers would have to step from the platform onto
ballast and then onto the step. Some people might have problems with
that.

(Only my guess)


Daniel
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