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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2006 22:53:17 GMT
This is a quite amazing photo I came across whilst browsing the web www.trekearth.com/gallery/South_America/Brazil/photo170670.htmIt shows the very busy Corinthians-Itaquera terminus station on Sao Paulo's Metro Line 3. It looks like there are pens to maybe control the number of people boarding each train. Out of interest, this terminus station has 3 tracks. There are two island platforms, one for arriving passengers, one for departures. The line runs 140m trains at 101sec headways! |
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Post by chris on May 11, 2006 15:38:43 GMT
Bloomin' 'eck. With those kind of busy platforms, i've always wondered how the people at the very front ever manage to not end up on the tracks in the trains path as the train approcahes and people go that little bit further forward.
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Post by marty on May 11, 2006 18:28:43 GMT
Maybe someone could photoshop a D Stock in, put in a LU Dot-Matrix "1 sorry not in service, 2 EALING BROADWAY 25 mins", a LU roundel and a speech bubble:
"THATS YOUR DISTRICT LINE SERVICE"
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2006 18:45:04 GMT
Bloomin' 'eck. With those kind of busy platforms, i've always wondered how the people at the very front ever manage to not end up on the tracks in the trains path as the train approcahes and people go that little bit further forward. That may be one of the reasons behind the use of cattle pens that are visible in the photo. |
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Post by marty on May 11, 2006 18:46:36 GMT
(hearty laugh)
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Post by chris on May 11, 2006 19:21:30 GMT
That may be one of the reasons behind the use of cattle pens that are visible in the photo. Oh yeah. Didn't see those. I reckon if i was there i wouldn't even bother trying to get a train! B*gger off and walk or something! |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2006 20:33:08 GMT
That may be one of the reasons behind the use of cattle pens that are visible in the photo. Oh yeah. Didn't see those. I reckon if i was there i wouldn't even bother trying to get a train! B*gger off and walk or something! The trains are so regular, you wouldn't exactly have to wait long for the next train! |
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Post by Colin on May 12, 2006 1:56:15 GMT
Looks like Earls Court this evening  ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2006 7:07:34 GMT
Some time ago (?1940s) Oxford Circus had a similar arrangement with cattle pens plus gates to stop people boarding the train until people had stopped alighting. I've never seen any photos of the arrangement though.
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Post by chris on May 12, 2006 7:44:21 GMT
The trains are so regular, you wouldn't exactly have to wait long for the next train! Even so, is it worth the hasstle?! Do people get off the other sde? Imagaine how annoying that must get to do that every day. Get up close and personal with loads of people you don't know. Unbelievable. Still can't get my head round it! Does LU get like that? Not a big fan of crowds me. (Except in certain situations like a concert/football match where they're needed). |
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Post by pakenhamtrain on May 12, 2006 9:14:15 GMT
Cityrail have a similar thing to the cattle pens at Olympic Park station. Except theirs have a gate only. They get used mostly during specical events, other times they are kept open. world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?23162 |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2006 17:34:29 GMT
The trains are so regular, you wouldn't exactly have to wait long for the next train! Do people get off the other sde? The arriving and departing passenger flows are kept seperate. As I mentioned earlier, there are three tracks, and two island platforms, one for arrivals, the for departures. The trains can either empty in the arrival track, reverse in a siding, and then fill up in the departure track. Or they can run into the centre track, discharging passengers on one side, and fill up with passengers on the other. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2006 2:28:14 GMT
That's very smart, instead of people forcing thier way in while others force thier way out (which results in chaos).
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;D ;D
