Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses

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From: Mike Quigley
Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 00:00

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johansen@portal.ca (George Johansen) wrote:

>> Hmmmmm ... weren't there *six* cars to a SkyTrain way back when?  Back in 
>> the Expo days, maybe?  Wonder how feasible that would be *now* ...
>
>The cars can be configured that way when and where warranted.  My
>understanding is that the stations were designed to accommodate trains up
>to eight cars in length, but I may be corrected on that.

But why did they stop six-car Skytrains? Wasn't it due to the fact that the
computers freaked out or something?

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From: Mr_Gigabyte@mindlink.net (Mike Quigley)
Subject: Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses
Date: 1996/05/07
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