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« on: May 06, 2008, 15:50:22 »

And the fact we nicked the stock that was meant to deliver the lengthened service.
There is no incentive to lengthen now as there can't be longer trains.
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2008, 22:08:20 »

Why can't you just have doors open on 2 carriages (ie. on unit) at that station?
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2008, 22:18:16 »

Why can't you just have doors open on 2 carriages (ie. on unit) at that station?
No SDO (Selective Door Opening).
Local door is an option which I thought they could use.
As long as it is 2 150's that is.
142's or 143's have no end gangways so it can't work.
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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2008, 16:15:53 »

Why can't you just have doors open on 2 carriages (ie. on unit) at that station?
No SDO (Selective Door Opening).
Local door is an option which I thought they could use.
As long as it is 2 150's that is.
142's or 143's have no end gangways so it can't work.

Seems to work fine at St James park - only farce with pacer local doors is that only a single leaf opens!
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« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2008, 23:36:27 »

Why can't you just have doors open on 2 carriages (ie. on unit) at that station?
No SDO (Selective Door Opening).
Local door is an option which I thought they could use.
As long as it is 2 150's that is.
142's or 143's have no end gangways so it can't work.

I think the Maesteg-Cardiff (on onwards to Cheltenham) service is mainly run by 158's?
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2008, 00:05:47 »

- only farce with pacer local doors is that only a single leaf opens!

Yes, I've experienced SDO (Selective Door Opening) on a 143:

I caught the 1519 from Melksham to Chippenham, for my connection to Bristol Temple Meads.  I was the only passenger waiting at Melksham: the 1519 was a 143, with two staff in the front cab.  The train stopped, and I pressed the door open button opposite me (at the rear of the train): no reaction, but the conductor gestured me right up to the front of the train (single door opened only) for me to get on the train!  I dutifully jogged up to her single opened door, squeezed in, and we departed.

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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2008, 15:07:13 »

Melksham can't take a whole 143, so thats why.
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« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2008, 15:14:53 »

I appreciate that, Jim - but can't they open both leafs, of the front door only, in such situations?
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2008, 15:58:58 »

Pacers Local Door is for single leaf only, nothing they can do about it.
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