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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
I'm talking about what has been built here and will continue to be built.
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I thought you were talking about Europe. I'm confused.
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Why do they even need stations when they're at grade? In most of Europe you get off low floor trains onto a sidewalk with a sign post. It's equivalent to a bus stop.
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The LRVs that were specced for the green line have 34cm floors. Curbs are ~15cm. So while they look close to a sidewalk and are quite cheap to build vs. high floor platforms, they are still platforms. Unless you have LRVs with accessibility ramps, I'm saying jumping off a train onto a sidewalk doesn't work.
I think I'm catching on that you are saying the lower floor platforms are effectively a sidewalk and not a "station". I got thrown off because in Europe, they actually have LRVs with absolutely nothing for a station, you just jump off in the middle of a plaza, and to me that is what "no station" implied.