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Post #78,582
by static
2/1/03 12:11:26 AM
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New Double-decker capacity.
IIRC, Sydney has one of the highest passenger-per-train capacities in the world, largely due to almost all trains being 8 double-decker carriages.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #78,597
by kmself
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2/1/03 3:13:09 AM
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New HDDD

They're pretty high-density double-deckers too, with an underslung\r\nlower deck. Double-decking largely doubles carrying capacity.

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US DD systems are fairly common -- the rolling stock on both the\r\nChicago Metra and Peninsula Cal-Train are identical. While there are\r\ntwo levels to the trains, the top decks are sort of "mezzanine" style.\r\nBenches are three-seaters below, but only single-seaters above, so the\r\ncapacity boost is only about 25% for the higher set of seats.

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     Sydney commuter rail wreck - (kmself) - (13) - Jan. 31, 2003, 01:39:19 AM EST
         Ouch, will the OZ faction please check in? -NT - (boxley) - Jan. 31, 2003, 12:38:37 AM EST
         Hasn't Wade mentioned, "trainride to work" ? - (Ashton) - (11) - Jan. 31, 2003, 02:13:37 AM EST
             I'm fine. - (static) - (10) - Jan. 31, 2003, 04:55:12 AM EST
                 That part of Sydney is remote - on the fringe of the city - (dmarker) - (5) - Jan. 31, 2003, 04:59:20 AM EST
                     It was a bit unusual, I'll grant. - (static) - Jan. 31, 2003, 05:08:16 AM EST
                     Memories of Sydney rail... - (kmself) - (3) - Jan. 31, 2003, 03:23:34 PM EST
                         Heh, I remember my Mum talking about the controversy - (Meerkat) - Jan. 31, 2003, 05:31:08 PM EST
                         Double-decker capacity. - (static) - (1) - Feb. 1, 2003, 12:11:26 AM EST
                             HDDD - (kmself) - Feb. 1, 2003, 03:13:09 AM EST
                 And I've survived. - (Gibbo) - (3) - Feb. 2, 2003, 02:43:05 AM EST
                     Glad you checked in - as to the Trotsky folk , - (Ashton) - (2) - Feb. 2, 2003, 03:59:16 AM EST
                         Re: Glad you checked in - as to the Trotsky folk , - (Gibbo) - (1) - Feb. 3, 2003, 12:30:21 AM EST
                             I had the Trotskys once, it was bad blinis -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 3, 2003, 08:20:24 AM EST

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