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How to get on & off the train without the train stopping
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14-06-2010 10:22pm#1http://softhunder.blogspot.com/2010/04/train-that-never-stops-at-station.htmlA brilliant new Chinese train innovation - get on & off the bullet train without the train stopping. VERY COOL CONCEPT !
No time is wasted. The bullet train is moving all the time. If there are 30 stations between Beijing and Guangzhou , just stopping and accelerating again at each station will waste both energy and time.
A mere 5 min stop per station (elderly passengers cannot be hurried) will result in a total loss of 5 min x 30 stations or 2.5 hours of train journey time!
How it works (view the movie - in mandarin though!):1. For those who are boarding the train : The passengers at a station embarks onto to a connector cabin way before the train even arrives at the station. When the train arrives, it will not stop at all. It just slows down to pick up the connector cabin which will move with the train on the roof of the train.
While the train is still moving away from the station, those passengers will board the train from the connector cabin mounted on the train's roof. After fully unloading all its passengers, the cabin connector cabin will be moved to the back of the train so that the next batch of outgoing passengers who want to alight at the next station will board the connector cabin at the rear of the train roof.
2. For those who are getting off: As stated after fully unloading all its passengers, the cabin connector cabin will be moved to the back of the train so that the next batch of outgoing passengers who want to alight at the next station will board the connector cabin at the rear of the train roof. When the train arrives at the next station, it will simply drop the whole connector cabin at the station itself and leave it behind at the station. The outgoing passengers can take their own time to disembark at the station while the train had already left. At the same time, the train will pick up the incoming embarking passengers on another connector cabin in the front part of the train's roof. So the train will always drop one connector cabin at the rear of its roof and pick up a new connector cabin in the front part of the train's roof at each station.
Can't see it ever being built, but an interesting concept!Tagged:2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ig19gYP9oComments
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First thought after posting that, was the old Post office trackside mailbag collection system.
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Deleted User wrote: »First thought after posting that, was the old Post office trackside mailbag collection system.
That might prove to be an insurance nightmare!0 -
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boarding a moving trian is novel but disambarking used to be a common practise in the old days....a "slip" coach or coaches at the rear of the train would be uncoupled and coast to a station....operated right up to the 1950s and i never heard of an accident.
There were several serious accidents in the UK involving 'slip' coaches including one where the free wheeling slip carriage caught up with the rest of the train which had stopped in fog. I seem to remember that some Dublin/Cork (?) trains had a slip carriage for the Tullow branch which was slipped approaching Sallins. As can be imagined the operation called for serious route knowledge by all concerned. What on earth would the Health & Safety people to say about it today? 0 -
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Judgement Day wrote: »There were several serious accidents in the UK involving 'slip' coaches including one where the free wheeling slip carriage caught up with the rest of the train which had stopped in fog. I seem to remember that some Dublin/Cork (?) trains had a slip carriage for the Tullow branch which was slipped approaching Sallins. As can be imagined the operation called for serious route knowledge by all concerned. What on earth would the Health & Safety people to say about it today?
what would they say? well the only part of the operation that should have raised eyebrows is that once slipped, you effectively have two trains in one section. Needless to say there were stringent safety procedures included in the all-imporrtant rule book. The impression can be given that the coach is just set adrift, i think its important to stress that slip coaches were under the control of a senior conductor and had their own vacuum reservoirs for braking.0 -
Very informative piece on 'slip' carriages here: http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r134.html
Pretty sure that the slip carriage accident was in LTC Rolt's "Red for Danger" book which I read years ago but sadly I no longer have a copy.
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Judgement Day wrote: »Very informative piece on 'slip' carriages here: http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r134.html
Pretty sure that the slip carriage accident was in LTC Rolt's "Red for Danger" book which I read years ago but sadly I no longer have a copy.
i have that and several other books on accidents....i dont recall a slip coach accident0 -
Here's another link for you: http://www.transportdiversions.com/publicationshow.asp?pubid=1286
- see Chapter 8 -Slip Coach Accidents. Railway accidents used to be a special interest of mine, indeed I had a lot of material ready for a book but the two recent Irish ones meant I mothballed mine for another day/decade. 0 -
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