Bike Carriage Spreads as Metrolink Adds Bike Cars

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From: Jym Dyer
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:49

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[Also Posted to caltrain-bikes]

=v= The success of bike carriage on Caltrain is spreading to
other rail systems.  In Los Angeles, Metrolink is trying out
18 bikes per car, and they expect to expand to 10 bike cars
in the near future.  The design of the bike racks should look
very familiar:

http://thesource.metro.net/2011/08/03/metrolink-adds-bike-cars/

(The traincars are similar to Caltrain's gallery cars.)
    <_Jym_>

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From: Jym Dyer <jym@econet.org>
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