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The one electric Caltrain I rode recently played an ear shattering tone inside the trains when the doors were about to open and close. With any luck and enough
by jez 2y ago
The one electric Caltrain I rode recently played an ear shattering tone inside the trains when the doors were about to open and close. With any luck and enough complaints, it should be easy enough to dial that back or drop it entirely. I don’t remember the old trains ever playing a noise as loud when the doors open and close.
- creer 2y agoThe old trains have the PA volume at completely random level from one car to the next. Often extremely loud. The staff is happy with it being just how it is (no intent to adjust it, no intent to report it to maintenance.) You travel on Caltrain or Bart with earplugs - necessary also because some cars are extra noisy and some cars have no sound insulation left.
- Gravityloss 2y agoI think the new Stadler FLIRT trains over here also had "factory setting" horrible door close alert noise that was then toned down after a while. Maybe it's easier to have it that way so the manufacturer gets no lawsuit in the vein of "there was no warning the door was about to close!".