Buba
A total creep
I suppose this shoudl go under politics, although a "Technology" tag also would fit.
I looked at the BART wiki and that urban light rail system has almost everything customised.
And needlessly - I can understand the allure of the broad gauge, as it allows bigger loading gauge (i.e. car dimensions), but the cars are TINY! They are no bigger than average standard gauge cars, and smaller tnan quite a few.
A 1676mm gauge line to run 3200mm cars? Plus a few other "not found anywhere else" solutions.
WHY?!?
Why did "it seem a good idea at that time" and/or "what vested interests pushed for non-standard solutions"?
Russia and India, on different broad gauges, run cars with 2x3 seating cars.
So why BART has those puny cars with 2x2 seating?
I looked at the BART wiki and that urban light rail system has almost everything customised.
And needlessly - I can understand the allure of the broad gauge, as it allows bigger loading gauge (i.e. car dimensions), but the cars are TINY! They are no bigger than average standard gauge cars, and smaller tnan quite a few.
A 1676mm gauge line to run 3200mm cars? Plus a few other "not found anywhere else" solutions.
WHY?!?
Why did "it seem a good idea at that time" and/or "what vested interests pushed for non-standard solutions"?
Russia and India, on different broad gauges, run cars with 2x3 seating cars.
So why BART has those puny cars with 2x2 seating?