Train_Freak
Train Attendant
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- Aug 2, 2016
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Stadler is building both EMUs and a Bi-Mode Multiple Unit version of the Flirt for Abellio Greater Anglia in the UK, with high level boarding at 36 inches (915 mm) while the standard in the US is 48 inches (1,219 mm), so Stadler would have some experience with adapting the Flirt for high level platforms.The major head scratcher with FLIRTs is figuring out a good way to handle high platforms. Even the higher floors over the trucks/bogies don’t seem to be nearly high enough. The double decker KISS manages with the middle level at the ends (Caltrain and Russia).Well if I remember correctly Anderson has capped capacity on trains on the NEC. So no more shrinking and growing with needs. So with that in mind there is another precedent for EMU/DMUs.
I might add the Statler Flirts in use in Europe are actually perfectly good trains. And they would probably fit in well on the NEC.
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