Archive for December 13th, 2009
Tube trains
Whilst waiting for a tube train, I wondered why instead of one very long train every 5-10mins they don’t run short trains more frequently. Historically, longer trains would be more efficient – fewer drivers required and because you need to leave gaps between trains, the throughput is higher. Of course these days we have automated [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2009 under Idea.
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