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These were just special coaches added to high speed express trains. So the system was interconnected to the system of HS passenger trains as a shared infrastruc
by masswerk 6y ago
These were just special coaches added to high speed express trains. So the system was interconnected to the system of HS passenger trains as a shared infrastructure.
- mulmen 6y agoOk so high speed passenger service was slowed to make mail transfer safe? I’m still having trouble figuring out how speeding up trains delayed mail service. Was it just a scheduling issue?
- masswerk 6y agoThe network is an interconnected system relying on average speeds and throughput. Slowing down or adding halts for the safety of a particular service probably wasn't an option. Hence the end of service. (The speed of that particular service consequentially dropped back to stationary infrastructure and transit between those hubs, roughly what it had been before 1838.)
- mulmen 6y agoI think I’m getting it now. When high speed passenger service ran at 50mph it could also carry mail and deliver 8 times a day. When passenger service increased to 75mph it was too dangerous to carry mail the same way so mail service dropped back to once a day, probably on dedicated or slower trains.