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London Underground proposal: Siemens "Inspiro"

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  • 05-10-2013 4:17am
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    MGWR
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    Railway Gazette
    Siemens has unveiled a full-sized mock-up of the train which it intends to offer when Transport for London calls tenders for new fleets for London Underground's small-profile tube lines.

    Part of Siemens' Inspiro family, the articulated design for London would feature wide through gangways, air conditioning and an option for fully automated operation.

    The trains would use the same traction package as the Inspiro rolling stock being delivered to the Warsaw metro, but would feature a smaller-profile body suitable for London. This would include a distinctively styled cab with a front end not dissimilar to the LU roundel logo. Industrial design for the trains has been undertaken by Atlantic Design, while the mock-up was produced by Curvature Group. ...
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    donvito99
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    One word.

    Foreskin.


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    Cookie_Monster
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    ugly. No driver side view of the paltform either, pretty stupid ommision, especially since no visible camera mounts either.


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    Copyerselveson
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    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    ugly. No driver side view of the paltform either, pretty stupid ommision, especially since no visible camera mounts either.

    London Underground are moving towards fully automatic trains without drivers, that's their long term strategy. Cameras would be pointless in those circumstances and if the driver isn't there then the driver side view of the platform simply wouldn't be needed.


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    MGWR
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    Copyerselveson wrote: »
    London Underground are moving towards fully automatic trains without drivers, that's their long term strategy. Cameras would be pointless in those circumstances and if the driver isn't there then the driver side view of the platform simply wouldn't be needed.
    That'd be brilliant; a train driven by a bot that someone can hack into and do who knows what with.


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    Davy
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    MGWR wrote: »
    That'd be brilliant; a train driven by a bot that someone can hack into and do who knows what with.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_driverless_trains


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    roundymac
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    MGWR wrote: »
    That'd be brilliant; a train driven by a bot that someone can hack into and do who knows what with.
    They already have something similer on the Paris Metro.


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