12-10-2024, 01:12 AM
(12-09-2024, 12:32 PM)taylortbb Wrote:(12-07-2024, 10:27 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: I remember thinking about the absurdity of having no level-entry platform at the Via station when any contractor could, in a single weekend, build something the size of a backyard deck that would provide a ramp up to at least one door of the train. Obviously not as good as a full platform, but such a significant payoff for such a trivial expenditure.
It's sadly not the straightforward. Most of our passenger platforms are on tracks that serve freight trains. The freight trains are allowed to be wider, so a platform that provided level boarding of a Via train could have freight trains collide with it. I believe that's part of why Go uses the low platforms, because they're compatible with freight loading gauges.
This could be addressed with gauntlet track, and is irrelevant for the biggest stations, which have many tracks most of which never see freight traffic.