12-01-2020, 03:48 PM
(12-01-2020, 11:13 AM)PhilippAchtel Wrote: There's certainly a way to disable the door interlock to move or tow a vehicle back to the yard for repairs, but it would never be engaged with passengers on board for obvious reasons.
I don’t see why an LRT can’t be operated with passengers with a door locked out. If the door can be completely closed and then locked in that position, then just put a sign on it so people know not to use it; if it can’t be 100% completely closed/latched, then install a temporary purpose-designed barrier (basically a tarp with hooks/loops to hold it in position). Depending on the vehicle and train, evacuating one compartment or car could also be an option.
But that being said, in Ottawa they don’t just have to offload passengers which I will acknowledge is often a reasonable approach (just put them on the next train; presumably door problems don’t happen so often that many people will be severely inconvenienced); they then have to move the train under written train orders, which is absurd.