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Probably not, because the limiting factor on train throughput is remaining a safe braking distance behind the train in front. If the train in front of you has s
by lmm 1y ago
Probably not, because the limiting factor on train throughput is remaining a safe braking distance behind the train in front. If the train in front of you has stopped at station D then you need to stop in station C even if you don't open the doors.
(You could get around that by running the trains further apart, but that would be a critical loss of capacity).
- aeyes 1y agoThere are some metro lines which use this skip-stop system, the distance between trains is created by staying longer in the station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip-stop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip-stop
- lmm 1y agoRight but the Victoria line puts a lot of effort into keeping station stop time to a minimum for the sake of capacity (it's the most intensive metro line in London, at 36-37tph, and one of the most intensive in the world). One way or another you have to space the trains out more to do skip-stopping.