paulrail wrote:What problems are being experienced with the commuter rail cars in Taiwan ?
Veristek wrote:paulrail wrote:What problems are being experienced with the commuter rail cars in Taiwan ?
Oscillation (sp?) problems, like vibrations with the wheels + tracks and stuff like that. I'm not sure if the vibration problems will be worse with jointed rails like on the Northside or non-NEC routes on the Southside.
mbta1051dan wrote:Veristek wrote:paulrail wrote:What problems are being experienced with the commuter rail cars in Taiwan ?
Oscillation (sp?) problems, like vibrations with the wheels + tracks and stuff like that. I'm not sure if the vibration problems will be worse with jointed rails like on the Northside or non-NEC routes on the Southside.
From what I've experienced all the lines on the Southside are continuous rail.
-Dan
Veristek wrote:
Besides, from what I've read on the SEPTA thread, ROTEM doesn't appear to make aesthetically pleasing commuter cars. The SEPTA commuter coach looks like an oversized subway car. I'd hate to have the ROTEM bi-levels have 3 doors in it- two at the edges and one in the middle or some dumb crap like that.
concordgirl wrote:It's hard to picture. I've only been in a K car once, and I remember thinking "What happens at each stop? Is there a line going up the stairs?" It just seems like a pain in the butt if you do not live on one of the more crowded lines.
Anything that impedes foot traffic is bad imho. We already have tons of people who refuse to sit down between stops even when there are a ton of empty seats (maybe bc we are an express). They stand in the aisle rather than walking through to the next coach to find a seat. I'm not sure they would notice there was an upstairs on a bilevel
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