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Title: Commuter Rail - could it be worse? Post by: grahame on January 14, 2022, 18:45:37 If we are concerned at some of the aspects of our services ... from the USA ...
I confess to having used some of these services in the Los Angeles area, and looked at and found to be impractical (and I got that gentle smile reserved for the village idiot) the service from Manasas into DC (http://www.wellho.net/pix/usayuk001.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/usayuk002.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/usayuk003.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/usayuk004.jpg) Title: Re: Commuter Rail - could it be wurse? Post by: Bmblbzzz on February 01, 2022, 09:55:12 I used those (or very similar) gallery coaches on Caltrain when I was staying somewhere I've forgotten the name of (it was way back in the 90s) south of SF. I rather liked them. And as for "saving on labour" they actually seemed to have the conductor come through very frequently. One, I think, one conductor per train though. I used to like to sit in the gallery, but then I used to like to sit on the top deck of buses.
The point about track ownership is interesting. I guess in the UK (and most of Europe) it's almost the other way round, with private freight operations having to squeeze between passenger services on state-owned track. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |