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Old Posted Aug 18, 2009, 5:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Vancity View Post
Thanks for that video. I thought that the trains would come in a bit faster than they did. I was thinking about HK's MTR trains, and how fast they come in. Over there, they really do need those platform doors, but it doesn't really seem like it's necessary here, with the speed in which the trains come into each station.
A HK station is way way longer... the train maintains speed much later before slowing down.

For example, notice the last two cars for this HK train... imagine them as a Canada Line train. Pretty much similar speeds.

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