Posted 13 October 2016 - 01:26 PM
Well actually, the E&N has approximately 18 crossings, some can actually be reduced and combined. Crossings don't normally affect train speed, since the majority are protected. You are assuming that the train has to yield to traffic like the buses do at intersections. The speed can actually be increased to between 40 and 50 km/h on straight stretches and curves can be banked. The Dayliner was known to hit 50 along this stretch. Plus newer railcars have better acceleration and deceleration than the old RDCs. Also stations would be at major residential and commerical areas, reducing the number of stops along the way, unlike a bus.
Well, I beg to differ. I worked for CP Rail in Victoria here for 2 years, and my father for 30 years. I'm the only one on this board that has driven the Dayliner, on my own, with nobody else onboard.
There is no way you are taking passenger rail cars through those crossings, "protected" or otherwise at any speed over 30kmh. It'd be suicidal and reckless. People drive around the gates all the time. They are going to absolutely crawl through intersections like Veterans/Goldstream, Admirals/Colville, and across Lampson and Esquimalt Road. And you want to bank the curves? Add millions more dollars to this project.
A diesel-electric (freight train) or diesel car (like the Dayliner was) actually do NOT have particularly strong acceleration characteristics. You need to be full electric for that.
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