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Originally Posted by MatsNaslund
That's up to the individual driver. Time of Day (rush hour v.s. night time) might have something to do with it. At night time if no one else is on the platform I have no problem opening a single door. The driver has the option to open the door next to them and allow you in and then close it immediately. The question is where were you when the train pulled in? Were you on a bus? on the other side of the tracks? inside the sation? Validating your ticket? For all those reasons we don't have to wait. We just pull in and the hit the open button and then close button and its 18 seconds thats allowed. The golden rule on LRT is once you have your doors they do not open again. 18 seconds is enough for anyone that was on the Station Platform (which is how the system is designed). The schedule does not allow for us to wait for people who aren't even on the platform.
If they open all the doors then its a full 18 seconds. From Somerset to Stampede is 23 minutes and in most trips you are there within 30 seconds of that time. If you are late at stampede, you are late entering downtown and it means that you'll be picking up more people going to Dalhousie that otherwise would take the train behind you and this also can make you a little late.
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My apologies. I used Anderson as an example of where my original complaint came from. Did not mean for it to come across as a means to challenge your original statement. Your last post explained quite well why you couldn't stop.
