And which didn’t prevent heads appearing out of windows on the ScotRail livery set last weekend.
Indeed, mostly no doubt to the usual bellows and somewhat irritating arm flailing.
They are nothing compared to the three horizontal bars that were used on droplights on some Mark 1 charter stock in the 1990s. More akin to a prison, and often used as I recall on tours that traversed the Cumbrian Coast route due to the limited clearances on the line.
I’m not sure what was worse, the 3 horizontal bars fitted to Southern EMU stock (and London Underground’s TC) or the 3 vertical bars fitted to DRS Mk2s which later worked the Cumbrian services. Though at least they made opening the door slightly easier!
I think they’re quite an elegant solution. Of course I’d rather they weren’t there but they’re a lot less intrusive than the bars.
A window punch could be fitted for emergency egress or an internal latch control.
I hope it never becomes a requirement that windows must be licked!
No idea.
Possible, but it wouldn’t be as easy a a Mk3. The advantage to the Night Riviera system is that a lot of the equipment can be fitted into the door (those Mk3 doors are quite chunky even if the main heavy part isn’t) as well as connecting with an already fitted CDL system.
That said, LSL’s Mk1 fleet does now utilise equipment salvaged from various Mk3s, so I’m sure it isn’t beyond possibility. If you haven’t seen the equipment fitted to the Night Riviera, it looks like this. It is interlocked with the CDL preventing the droplight from being open while the door is locked.