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Re: GSR will extend the Ghan service to Darwin
- Subject: Re: GSR will extend the Ghan service to Darwin
- From: Neil Williams <willian7@ug023.cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: 4 Nov 1999 19:13:06 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,uk.railway
- Organization: Dept of Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.
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Ian Johnston <engs0011@sable.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> Aren't outward-opening doors there for safety reasons? Quicker and easier to
> open in a crash or fire, and in the event of structural distortion they at
> least have the option of falling off. HSE does not generally look kindly on
> inward opening doors on escape routes from buildings: why should trains be
> different?
They're also far better for crush-loading, assuming they're centrally
locked so no-one can fall out. Compare a crammed Pacer with a crammed
Mark 2/3 coach, and you'll see what I mean.
Neil
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