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I'm not sure that they are going to run non-CBTC trains through the new tunnel. I have heard it said that the level crossing removal program is associated with

I'm not sure that they are going to run non-CBTC trains through the new tunnel. I have heard it said that the level crossing removal program is associated with a goal of moving to driverless trains network-wide. Presumably there is a network-wide CBTC migration plan.

skissane 2y ago
> I'm not sure that they are going to run non-CBTC trains through the new tunnel. The old trains wouldn’t work with the platform doors, so no. But the other way around: those lines continue beyond the tunnels on the surface, and some of those surface sections may be shared by both old and new trains, which would require some form of interoperability between CBTC and non-CBTC, until they move the whole network to CBTC. Also, I would expect that maintenance trains (track inspection, etc) will likely be shared between CBTC and non-CBTC and so have to support both