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Old 19th March 2008, 09:06 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Default How to set up barriers in the real world of rural lines? (was:Tram-Train trials?)

Today at 10:18, Hans-Joachim Zierke wrote:
> Now tell me, how to set up barriers, with more of an achievement than
> increasing the number of people walking the track, and without doubling
> the cost of the station?


You wouldn't barrier that station. You would barrier the main passenger
flows or even the main terminus only, thereby catching "most" dodgers.
Allegedly.

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Old 20th March 2008, 02:19 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Default Tram-Train trials?

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:55:49 +0000, Tony Polson
<docnews2011@> wrote:

>"Paul Scott" <notvalidpmscott@> wrote:
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>>Is there a presumption here that the definition of a 'tram system' includes
>>electrical power?

>
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>Early tram systems were horse drawn and steam hauled.
>
>They were later converted to electric power when reasonably priced
>systems of generation and distribution became available around the
>final years of the 19th century.


There was the odd exception ,Karachi replaced its horse cars with
petrol engined vehicles. They survived until the tramway closed around
1975.

G.Harman

 
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