STM to unveil MPM-10 train June 8
STM’s put up a pictorial history of our metro cars (Facebook, but open) to mark the arrival of the first public sample of the new MPM-10 trains, AKA the Azur, viewable at Berri-UQÀM as of June 8. Some journalists and transit boffins have already seen the new train at a transit conference currently in town.
Looking backward, Archives de Montréal has an album about horses at work in the city.
exolstice 08:25 on 2012/06/02 Permalink
How hard would it be for them to just have all the seats lining the walls facing outwards thus maximizing the number of seats and the amount of standing/walking room? Instead they have whole sections with ZERO seats to give passengers the feeling that they’re really just cattle, or seats at an angle that are so close together that it’s impossible not to bump the person in front of you with your knees unless you’re 5 feet tall.
Kate 12:17 on 2012/06/02 Permalink
Remember these trains will be open from end to end, unlike the current version where you’re blocked from moving from one car to another. People will presumably move to whichever area suits their needs.
But I’m a little concerned about the shortage of seats given demographic forecasts of an aging populace.
ant6n 16:10 on 2012/06/02 Permalink
I’m a little bit concerned that the train fits people along its whole length, but the number of doors is reduced (3 instead of 4). Hopefully they will be wider so that two people can comfortably exit next to each other, and that people can reach the doors even in a crowded metro, otherwise boarding capacity will be reduced, causing potentially longer dwell times, causing potentially slower average train speed, causing reduced capacity with the same number of trains. But maybe that’s not an issue.