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Posted by Wado MP73 on Tue Jan 24 22:53:08 2012, in response to Re: ''Oldest subway cars not being replaced afterall'', posted by Andrew Saucci on Sun Jan 22 18:48:43 2012. 1)No idea. The fact that it can't have full-width cabs without relocating the passenger doors may lower its price. (Unlike say, R62/A or R68/A)2)It depends on how it was used so it's not a matter of time, I think. In the case of the 7000 series, it was used on both local and express service above ground and local service in the subway on a very busy line for about 25 years before being relocated to less busy lines and later overhauled and rebuilt in several steps. So far, I've never heard anything metal fatigue related about their shells. The earlier ones will turn 50 this year. Although more than half of them are already retired, the remaining ones, with all the investments made in them, I wouldn't be surprised if they run another ten years. |
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