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Re: Model of MATRA VAL System
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 02:22:54 GMT
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James Powell wrote in message ...
> > Same basic system exists in Toronto on the SRT, so I've got a local • version
> > I can relate to (^;
> Ya, save for the driver on the RT. I've been in the cab in fact, the day • that
> the SRT opened. I have the first _fare paid_ transfer that was issued (at, • IIRC
> 5.57 on the morning that the RT opened. I got to blow the horn, which is • all
> the driver gets to do anyway...computer does everything else.
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> James Powell
UGH!!!!!!! LUCKY DUCK!!!!
Yeah, I assumed the SRT was ATC... driver just gives the start command after
closing the doors, right?
(Can you tell about your experience on opening day? That sounds **SO FUN**!!
Iain (who YAY, rode the SRT yesterday)
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| (...) No, not even that, driver had (this is 15 years ago now :) just a emergency stop button, and the horn button (which was a rased 2" diameter button or so, the stop was recessed). So, the driver is just along for the ride...kind of pointless if (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Ya, save for the driver on the RT. I've been in the cab in fact, the day that the SRT opened. I have the first _fare paid_ transfer that was issued (at, IIRC 5.57 on the morning that the RT opened. I got to blow the horn, which is all the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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