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Originally Posted by tygr
I'm sure the FrontRunner engines use the same amount of fuel per trip whether they pull three cars (as they do now) or five or six cars. I doubt the engine would even feel the difference. UTA doesn't necessarily need to increase the number of trips, just capacity on bad air days.
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According to UTA, "The addition of a fourth car on some trains, while helping meet our capacity needs, have slightly slowed down our ability to accelerate and decelerate." (
http://www.letsrideuta.com/2012/12/12/frontrunner-opens-to-provo/)
You are probably right, it wouldn't burn much more fuel. Maybe if they adjusted their schedule for additional cars they would actually be able to meet their schedule when they only run 3 cars!
Unfortunately, I don't think the stations can accommodate more than 4 cars. But I like the idea.
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