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Re: A Set of R62A's Try to Answer an Age-old Question on the 7 Line |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 28 10:47:30 2007, in response to Re: A Set of R62A's Try to Answer an Age-old Question on the 7 Line, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri Sep 28 10:32:44 2007. Sure, it may take fewer signs if they were installed on the platform, but one must also consider what system would be used to communicate to the people on the platform which service the train arriving is going to run. Punch boxes? Restoring the Identra system and fitting the R62A cars with loop brackets? Perhaps installing up to 8 LED displays in each car is less expensive than installing 28 to 77 signs in the stations between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza. With the declining cost of LED displays, they probably thought this was the best way to go. I'm not sure what technical modifications needed to be done with the cars (besides what everyone can see) to make this work, but at least it's better than the lead car saying it's something, and the next few cars saying it's something else. |
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