06-01-2023, 06:10 PM
(06-01-2023, 12:33 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Yeah, doesn't seem like a split issue.
In fact, the split should allow them to run trains in reverse direction through downtown (perhaps with reduced frequencies), but I'm guessing they're not doing that because they're petrified of ... well..their own shadows but in this case, not unreasonably of drivers not looking the other way for trains.
That being said, please tell me the road is closed? If the road is not closed, then there is zero justification for the LRT being shut down.
My understanding is that the signalling systems and operating rules allow for reverse running, which was fully tested during the testing phase.
However, because most of the crossovers are single crossovers only (trailing point), it’s inconvenient to get onto the “wrong way” track — you would have to go past the crossover, reverse over it, and then proceed forward again. Oddly, the Toronto subway which until recently had a signalling system which did not support reverse running in most areas, has almost entirely double crossovers even though only one half (preferably the trailing point half) is needed to reverse directions.