Re: Melbourne Double deckers

["Steve" <scpemb@netspace.net.au>]

I remember in the late 70s/early 80s (pre-loop) there were a few 8 car taits
in peak hour on the Belgrave & Lilydale lines.

An 8 car set had seating capacity for about 720 - a lot better than the 480
or so that can be seated in a Hitachi or Comeng.  More doors, so faster
loading.  And great fun to hang out the doors on a hot summer's day!

Steve


James Brook wrote in message <38201E94.BC5CEBAE@ozemail.com.au>...
>    Can they only take 6 cars? That seems a bit short sighted of the
>designers, especially as they were running 7 car tait trains in the 70's.
>Anyway, I still think they should increase the frequency of trains. Perth
>trains are only two cars but they are very frequent. I was in Perth in 1993
>and during the peak period trains ran every 10 minutes on all lines.
>
>Michael Kurkowski wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Extending the City Loop platforms might be a bit hard though.
>>
>> Regards
>> Michael
>
>
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