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Originally Posted by PHrenetic
Good Day.
Remember one point - the max platform length is 120 metres. It got cut back in Jimmy's last cost-cutting round at contract signing.
The 3 underground stations have been built to this, and no extension is possible without massive reconstruction (there is equipment at each end of each station).
So... any new trains have this limit of 120 meters max between the doors at train-ends.
The current Spirits are extendable with another 11 metre module in each LRV to a two-vehicle train length of 118 metres nose-to-nose.
EnJoy.
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We could have longer trains, up to 130 meters, spilling over the platforms roughly 5 meters each side. Though they have further reduced most platform lengths of Stage 2 to 90 meters expandable to 100 meters, they seem to have left room for the full 120 meters for stations in tighter spots (like Cleary and New Orchard).
The other question is, can the stations handle the volume. I'm particularly concerned for Lyon and Parliament's narrow platforms and single (though Parliament has at least one double) escalators. Another issue with Parliament is that it only has two elevators from the surface, and these are outside. If they are able to add a few more entrances, then that concern could be alleviated.