Not much extra benefit from the extra door on a Bom when compared to the Gallery, since the Gallery has double wide doors. So technically dwell times should be the same since either car can board or detrain 2 pax at the same time. One would need high-level plats to see any advantage to the Bom cars.The major benefit to Metra switching to the Bombardier bi-levels would be that station dwell times would be reduced since each car has two sets of doors, not just one, and it appears the Bombardier Cab Car is setup much better and is more comfortable than a Metra cab car.
The light rail system in Calgary, Canada is honor system I saw a "conductor" get real nasty with an un-ticketed passenger one time. Called to the next stop and had the police waiting to escort the fellow from the train. Glad I had bought a ticket!!!Discussion of the relative ease of ticket collection in gallery cars vs. the Bombardier's leaves me curious as to how many commuter agencies have conductors actually collect tickets, how many are merely punched (tickets that is, not conductors!), & how many are on the "honor system".
On the Metrolink system in southern Calif., it's the honor system & random ticket checks are done by the conductor, sheriff's deputies, or uniformed civilian sheriff's employees. If a passenger doesn't have a valid ticket, a citation is usually issued & the fines are heavy.
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