Subway/Metro question

kraznyi_oktjabr · 11-30-11, 04:49 PM

This must be one of the most submarine related questions ever.

Dumb question is related to this picture (among others):

What is purpose of that door in front of the train? Is it for emergency exit or for transfer between trainsets?

For some reason Google didn't provide answer to me.

Platapus · 11-30-11, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

What is purpose of that door in front of the train? Is it for emergency exit or for transfer between trainsets?

Yes. Both.

Jimbuna · 11-30-11, 05:18 PM

Same in the UK and possibly most rail carriage systems I suspect.

ajrimmer42 · 11-30-11, 07:25 PM

yup. Some of our Overground stuff has them too, mainly 158s.

and the odd Diesel loco, like on this beasty Class 40.

Sailor Steve · 11-30-11, 07:54 PM

The cars are all identical, so it doesn't matter in what order they are coupled together. The door at each end allows egress into the next car.

soopaman2 · 12-01-11, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The cars are all identical, so it doesn't matter in what order they are coupled together. The door at each end allows egress into the next car.

That.

Allows for quick connections, without having to fumble for a specific driver car.

Here (NYC) they don't bug you for going between cars while in movement. Try to get into the engineers door though, MTA-PD can teach the NYPD a few things about police brutality.

Jimbuna · 11-30-11, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ajrimmer42

yup. Some of our Overground stuff has them too, mainly 158s.

and the odd Diesel loco, like on this beasty Class 40.

Crikey, those pictures bring back a few memories

Penguin · 12-01-11, 07:04 AM

Berlin also has thosse door-in-the-front trains.

This is how our subway trains look like:

This is the newest model, particulary made for Düsseldorf. In former years they sometimes connected two trains for higher capacity in the subway system.
The reason we have this solution, is that as a wannabe-fancy state capital we need special manufactured trains which are more expensive than buying existing ones.

Another reason is that those trains are tram/subway hybrids, and our streets are crowded and narrow like crap, so longer trains would make no sense.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Same in the UK and possibly most rail carriage systems I suspect. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	yup. Some of our Overground stuff has them too, mainly 158s. and the odd Diesel loco, like on this beasty Class 40. __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The cars are all identical, so it doesn't matter in what order they are coupled together. The door at each end allows egress into the next car. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-01-11, 07:04 AM	#8
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Berlin also has thosse door-in-the-front trains. This is how our subway trains look like: This is the newest model, particulary made for Düsseldorf. In former years they sometimes connected two trains for higher capacity in the subway system. The reason we have this solution, is that as a wannabe-fancy state capital we need special manufactured trains which are more expensive than buying existing ones. Another reason is that those trains are tram/subway hybrids, and our streets are crowded and narrow like crap, so longer trains would make no sense.