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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
True enough. It just seems like an unnecessary change to low-floor trains if it is going to be grade separated anyway. That would effectively negate what makes low-floor successful in other places where it integrates better into the streetscape.
If we're going to end up with something similar to the south line where the train is mostly running alongside CPR tracks, through industrial areas, etc., then why go low-floor in the first place? If the height of the platform is the only additional consideration, I'm sure that a few more truckloads of gravel to make the platform "regular" height isn't going to be a deal breaker.
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In San Francisco they have trains that run on the street and operate on their underground platforms. I think they had one side with stairs down to the street and the middle side for the platforms. It created quite a high risk situation where you were getting out into a potential lane of traffic.