Monday, July 31, 2006

New 6000 Series Rail Cars Revealed Today!

So the press was invited to see the newly designed Metrorail cars today. I got these images from Express. The new seating arrangement allows more space for standing passengers, and more room for bicycles.
The announcement reads:

One older model railcar now has bench seating. Eight seats and five windscreens have been removed and about 40 feet of seatback-to-ceiling, overhead and wall-mounted handrails have been added. Spring-type handholds also will be added to the railcar in the coming weeks. The older remodeled car will go into service tomorrow on the Orange Line. ...
A third design will have 16 seats removed, and adds four folding seats at one end of the railcar and leaning rests at the other. The design provides more space for wheelchairs, luggage and bicycles. The model also would have more seatback-to-ceiling, wall-mounted handrails and spring-type handholds, fewer windscreens and floor-to-ceiling poles.


So hopefully when these cars are in use they will allow bicycles on rail cars during peak hours.


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6000 Series Rail Cars

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