(10-19-2019, 09:14 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(10-19-2019, 07:47 PM)taylortbb Wrote: No, it's the CBTC system. While the gates do have to automatically activate, there's a button in the cab that can cancel gates when the train is stopped. So you'll see the gates start activating as the train arrives, it stops, and then the gates go back up, then the train has to inch out of the station to re-trigger the gates.
Yes, they always have to inch forward, it's annoying, I feel like there should be a button in cab to trigger the lights, so that they can trigger it as they close the doors, this would a) speed the train along because they could depart sooner, and b) not have us edge forward 2 feet only to shudder to a stop again, leading to a more comfortable ride.
There isn’t a button? Unbelievable. Since it needs to be able not to trigger the lights in the event it is stopped for an extended period or travelling in the opposite direction, it should be trivial to give the operator a way to indicate when they are ready to go. The crossing protection should be triggered at the same time as the chimes go for the doors. Then by the time the doors are closed the crossing protection will be almost entirely engaged already and the train can probably leave without further delay; but on the other hand the crossing won’t have been uselessly blocked for the entire time the train is in station.