[article] RPA defends capacity of proposed metro trams

Brian Condron · 13-02-2008, 16:50

What is the actually story regarding tunnel widths, forgetting about the station platforms at the moment, can the tunnels cater for wider trams?

Surely in this day and age it is possible to have platform edges which automatically extend to meet the tram? In New York when the two subway systems were combined, automatic ramps were installed so that trains from the narrower system could use stations from the wider system. Some stations still have them.

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13-02-2008, 16:50	#4
Brian Condron Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 268	What is the actually story regarding tunnel widths, forgetting about the station platforms at the moment, can the tunnels cater for wider trams? Surely in this day and age it is possible to have platform edges which automatically extend to meet the tram? In New York when the two subway systems were combined, automatic ramps were installed so that trains from the narrower system could use stations from the wider system. Some stations still have them.