Chinese trains that don't stop.

[Ash007]

Wonder if they can apply this in Singapore to alleviate the congestion.

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[cooleo]

This is stupid! Imagine climbing up and down in a hurry. Furthermore the 'capsule' above might be too small to fit in everyone who wish to alight at a particular station.

 

[HTOLAS]

This is very interesting. They do need to get the inertia right though. Otherwise the G-forces will cause boarding and lighting passengers to be thrown all over the place.

 

[Ash007]

This is very interesting. They do need to get the inertia right though. Otherwise the G-forces will cause boarding and lighting passengers to be thrown all over the place.

Interesting indeed, wonder how they gonna work out the safety aspects of this.

 

[jimmyfallon]

Holy @#%@# thats brilliant!!

 

[motormafia]

Actually very silly and over-killed.

All they need is a section of train that can be detached and attached while on the move that's it. The alighting passengers be told to shift to the last train before station, then detached & steered into another track. The boarding passengers board another train car at station, then steered into the main track to chase up the train and attach behind.

That's it.

Simple & easy and lowest cost.

If designed in this way, main train tracks need not pass through the main parts of towns, can actually by-pass these towns, go faster and town be free of train noises. Only side tracks goes into town, and transfer-cars chasing and attach-detach from main trains. The main train only halt at big cities main stations. Faster!

It can be engineered rather automated or robotic to safely attach & detach trains on the move. Computer-vision-aided & sensor assisted. Not a big engineering exercise.

In some traditional rail systems main trains stop at station routinely to be attached or split there with an awaiting chain of train according to time table. Usually freight trains do that. Pre-loaded goods await to be joint at the station, train comes, they joint and leave together. Goods come from train they split several cargo cars out of the train before they leave. This is done daily in many countries.

We only have to do it in motion and automate the process robotically.

 

[Alamaking]

Then the bottom train is for what 1? so big, empty huh?

 

[HTOLAS]

I think the idea is for the incoming passengers to then move from the transit coach (top coach) to the actual train until they are ready to alight.

If it works it would be interesting, but might need too many structural adjustments, e.g. bigger tunnels, etc.

Then the bottom train is for what 1? so big, empty huh?

 

[Alamaking]

I think the idea is for the incoming passengers to then move from the transit coach (top coach) to the actual train until they are ready to alight.

If it works it would be interesting, but might need too many structural adjustments, e.g. bigger tunnels, etc.

Wooo, that might works, SG MRT technology already 20 years old liao, but knn they keep expanding :oIo::oIo:

 

[vamjok]

its just a basic concept. but an very ingenious one.

the chinese are getting more and more scary in such tech area

 

[pallkia]

This is a very interesting idea,I believe it is going to work in China as they have a huge network and market there!

 

[Watchman]

They need to make like 3 rail lanes .

If there is an idea, there be a way .

 

[Watchman]

why you scared of Chinese? you not Chinese?

Chinese are just being practical .

They have been around as a civilization for many worlds .