Tram fetures that would be good on trains.

[superkev]

Here's my 3.
1. Level access or integrated ramps
2. Magnetic track brakes for the leaf season.
3. A view from the front.
K

 

[Shaw S Hunter]

Here's my 3.
1. Level access or integrated ramps
2. Magnetic track brakes for the leaf season.
3. A view from the front.
K

1. Difficult on a railway with significant variation in platform heights.
2. Incompatible with some (all?) track circuits.
3. Until the train hits something at high speed.

 

[Domh245]

1. Difficult on a railway with significant variation in platform heights.

or on platforms that aren't more or less straight.

 

[Bald Rick]

DOO

(I'll get my coat and tin hat)

 

[WatcherZero]

Its being done on the new railways like Crossrail and Thameslink with new build stations and uniform fleets but there is a distinct lack of standardisation in rolling stock floor heights with little sign of improvement.

 

[physics34]

External PA.

 

[vrbarreto]

The lights above the doors flash red when the doors are closing, green when they're opening and off on the journey.

 

[Bletchleyite]

External PA.

It's buses that could really do with that.

 

[glbotu]

3. A view from the front.
K

Go for ride in an ICE 3 if you have the chance..........

 

[317666]

Magnetic track brakes for the leaf season.

I believe some German DMUs feature these.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Most German rolling stock has eddy-current brakes. None of it has contact track brakes so far as I know.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Reversible seats would be a good one, albeit more a feature of heritage trams than modern ones.

 

[gordonthemoron]

Reversible seats would be a good one, albeit more a feature of heritage trams than modern ones.

Taiwan Shinkansen have reversible seats

 

[edwin_m]

The Anglia FLIRTs are supposed to have level boarding, presumably only if the platform meets current standards. Not sure what this means for stepping distances on curved platforms.

Track brakes would be good for rural routes particularly those beset with speed restrictions on level crossings. The restriction is set so the train can stop if the crossing is blocked when it comes into view, so with better brakes the train could approach faster.

 

[northwichcat]

The lights above the doors flash red when the doors are closing, green when they're opening and off on the journey.

On the Metrolink M5000s you can press the buttons before the tram comes to a stop and they will automatically open straight away when the doors are released - no waiting for them to light up and then finding the doors have been released but the light isn't working.

 

[Altfish]

Go for ride in an ICE 3 if you have the chance..........

You beat me to it. I travelled Brussels to Cologne behind the driver, absolutely brilliant:

 

[AlexNL]

Door buttons which remember that they were pressed before the "open doors" button illuminated*, and open as soon as the doors are released.

* Given that it hasn't fallen off

 

[43096]

Door buttons which remember that they were pressed before the "open doors" button illuminated*, and open as soon as the doors are released.

* Given that it hasn't fallen off

That's a European thing. I've come across several stock types that do it, including Stadler built ones. Be interesting to see if the Stadler units for GA have it.

It ought to be implemented here, given all the pressures on dwell times.

 

[gimmea50anyday]

Wpuld stop the "train door didnt open/did you push the button?" arguements on trains...

 

[Pugwash]

or on platforms that aren't more or less straight.

I see no reason that trains could not have an air suspension system to increase or lower the height depending on the platform, helping accessability.

 

[Bletchleyite]

I see no reason that trains could not have an air suspension system to increase or lower the height depending on the platform, helping accessability.

Risk of wrong-side failure and the resulting clout of platforms.
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That's a European thing. I've come across several stock types that do it, including Stadler built ones. Be interesting to see if the Stadler units for GA have it.

It ought to be implemented here, given all the pressures on dwell times.

I like that feature, but I can see it causing people to fall out if they didn't expect the door to open, thus more PTI accidents.

It works well for request stops - a door open press is a stop request in CH.

 

[work-traveller]

3. A view from the front.

German ICE 3, front carriage:

 

[trainmania100]

id like a view from the cab. I guess its to stop people dsitracting the driver

 

[superkev]

one wsy glass??

 

[221129]

id like a view from the cab. I guess its to stop people dsitracting the driver

Until the train you're on hits someone...

 

[Bletchleyite]

The ICE3 view is actually pretty poor, the front windscreen is tiny. Forward view is only good on regional units where a large panoramic screen can be provided.

 

[theageofthetra]

Pretty much every train I have been on in Japan over the last month has a view from the front or back. External PA would make life as a DOO driver much better and reduce delays caused by passengers standung too close, riding bikes on platforns etc.