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Does anyone know why the 319's have the door on the front of the cabs?
Does anyone know why the 319's have the door on the front of the cabs?
Thank's for that superfast info, i've often wondered as it's not like a corridor connection on other trains. Do you know why they are the only ones so fitted.
Thank's for that superfast info, i've often wondered as it's not like a corridor connection on other trains. Do you know why they are the only ones so fitted.
With these doors being fitted for evacuation, are the units fitted with a special ladder for passengers to get down from the train?, i'm just wondering as the coupling is right below the door..
With these doors being fitted for evacuation, are the units fitted with a special ladder for passengers to get down from the train?, i'm just wondering as the coupling is right below the door..
If you open the exit doors between the 2 units, it's not a huge step between the 2, just mind the gap. There's certainly bigger steps getting on the train at some of our stations than there is walking between 2 unis with no gangway!That's all very well for getting out of the front/rear of the train. How do you get between units without gangways (313; 319) working in multiple to get there?
I believe the whole single line tunnel evacuation concern started from a breakdown (might have been a derailment) of a 2-HAP (Class 416) in the narrow tunnels between Folkestone and Dover, where they were initially common from the 1960s electrification. They were then banned from this section. Like most such tunnels, steam non corridor stock had used them for the previous 100-odd years without much concern.
The 700s don't have this evacuation door, I assume it's because they don't go to Moorgate any more?
That’s correct. It was only the section between Farringdon and Moorgate that needed end doors for evacuation, it didn’t apply to what is now the main or only Thameslink route.The 700s don't have this evacuation door, I assume it's because they don't go to Moorgate any more?
The line was closed about ten years ago, before the 700s were built so the platforms at Farringdon could be extendedThe 700s don't have this evacuation door, I assume it's because they don't go to Moorgate any more?
All trains have a ladder on board to assist evacuation, whether that's from the cab end doors, or the normal side doorsWith these doors being fitted for evacuation, are the units fitted with a special ladder for passengers to get down from the train?, i'm just wondering as the coupling is right below the door..
Although when 700s were yet to be introduced quite a few posters didn’t seem to believe that the problem didn’t apply any longer...
Still the same answers as when you asked in 2014How did the Javelins get dispensation to run through the Shakespeare tunnels?
503’s were fitted later. As built they didn’t have end doors503s had them as well.
As far as I can tell, most trains have what would be described as a fairly ordinary wooden ladder.All trains have a ladder on board to assist evacuation, whether that's from the cab end doors, or the normal side doors
The Crossrail class 345s run in single bore tunnels, however, those tunnels are much larger and have a continuous catwalk along one side for evacuation via the main passenger doors. I presume that this has truly level boarding for wheelchair access.The London Overground 710s are the same, yet when they were still in the testing stage I saw one showing New Cross as its destination - the issue being that as it does not have a front exit it would not be allowed to carry passengers through the East London Line Brunel tunnel under the Thames. ...