by Bensalem SEPTA rider
Could the MFL handle 8-10 car trains if the need ever arose?
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Michael T. Greene wrote:The platforms are, for the most part, only 6 cars long. On the elevated sections, it wouldn't be too much of a hassle to extend platforms, but in the section east of City Hall, as well as 69th Street, it would be quite expensive to extend all of the platforms to allow for 8 car trains. The line just east of 69th Street would have to be relocated to allow for 8-car platforms.Do all the doors have to open at once? Can they be configured to open only certain doors?
I wrote:
The platforms are, for the most part, only 6 cars long. On the elevated sections, it wouldn't be too much of a hassle to extend platforms, but in the section east of City Hall, as well as 69th Street, it would be quite expensive to extend all of the platforms to allow for 8 car trains. The line just east of 69th Street would have to be relocated to allow for 8-car platforms.
(Then, Alex wrote:)
Do all the doors have to open at once? Can they be configured to open only certain doors?
Don't know if it's possible, but you'd either need a conductor or platform people necessary to lockout the non-used doors. It's not an original thought...the London Underground used a system similar to what you're proposing on its Northern Line from 1937 to 1939, again, for capacity without extending tunnel platforms, which would have been very expensive even for that era. In this case, most platforms were 7 cars long, and the proposal was for 9 car trains. However, the planning for those trains was a major hassle, and when WWII started, London Underground gave up the idea.
Myke Romeo Angel wrote:it would seem like it could be possible. It's been a while since i've been onWhether the West Philly / Frankford sides have longer platforms or not is beside the point. How do you intend to pay for extensions to the platforms in the subway portion?
the eastern side of the MFL, but i could've sworn it seemed as though
when they re-did the stations on that side the platforms were longer, but
i could be wrong.
With them about to redo the west Philly side, anythings possible..
BUT!, This is SEPTA we are talking about so i doubt it...