Tram Trains thread

[bjones787]

Having had the chance to sample these a few times over the last week they're very pleasant indeed, they are noticeable slower off the mark and I have noticed they seem to hold up the schedule far more than the Siemens trams.

 

There are a few nice passenger features that people may not be aware of, if you press the door open control whilst the tram is moving those doors will automatically open once released by the driver, also If you press the request to stop within the wheelchair area both doors on that particular part of the vehicle will open when released.

 

They also appear to have overhauled the announcements, whilst they've unfortunately lost their local slant they are much clearer and give local information as opposed to just the stop name - 'Granville Rd for Sheffield College' , 'Sheffield station for Sheffield Hallam University' , 'Shalesmoor for Kelham Island' etc.

 

When they do enter service to Rotherham, that route will be the red route.

[Hook]

Having had the chance to sample these a few times over the last week they're very pleasant indeed, they are noticeable slower off the mark and I have noticed they seem to hold up the schedule far more than the Siemens trams.

 

There are a few nice passenger features that people may not be aware of, if you press the door open control whilst the tram is moving those doors will automatically open once released by the driver, also If you press the request to stop within the wheelchair area both doors on that particular part of the vehicle will open when released.

 

They also appear to have overhauled the announcements, whilst they've unfortunately lost their local slant they are much clearer and give local information as opposed to just the stop name - 'Granville Rd for Sheffield College' , 'Sheffield station for Sheffield Hallam University' , 'Shalesmoor for Kelham Island' etc.

 

When they do enter service to Rotherham, that route will be the red route.

 

It will NOT be the red route. You cannot use red on network rail for fairly obvious reasons.

[Zarniwoop]

It will NOT be the red route. You cannot use red on network rail for fairly obvious reasons.

Or yellow, which is why people working on the railway wear orange hi-vis, although the front of trains can be yellow as there's no chance of it being mistaken for a signal flag.

[Annie Bynnol]

Green- it has been used before- but it will be difficult for some to distinguish from Yellow which will be using the same route.

Now that they use colours and letters it may not be a problem.

[pushtotalk]

Green- it has been used before- but it will be difficult for some to distinguish from Yellow which will be using the same route.

Now that they use colours and letters it may not be a problem.

 

Won't be green either - same reason as red. The colour of the route could be confused as being a signal to other drivers.

[Annie Bynnol]

Won't be green either - same reason as red. The colour of the route could be confused as being a signal to other drivers.

 

As there has been a Green route in the past, the confusion bit is/was not seen as an issue on the tram only route as they do not use coloured signals.

 

I do not know the logic but if they use Green (or orange) on the railway it could be confused with a Green or Orange proceed light and therefore if misread into possible danger.

Yellow and blue already in use.

White is an approaching train and cannot be used.

My understanding is it will be Red as if misread it would mean stop.

[Hook]

As there has been a Green route in the past, the confusion bit is/was not seen as an issue on the tram only route as they do not use coloured signals.

 

I do not know the logic but if they use Green (or orange) on the railway it could be confused with a Green or Orange proceed light and therefore if misread into possible danger.

Yellow and blue already in use.

White is an approaching train and cannot be used.

My understanding is it will be Red as if misread it would mean stop.

 

The route Cathedral -> Parkgate will not be Red OR green.

[Grissom]

Sometime when the display goes on old tram the coloured square seems like a rainbow. Got me thinking could they have striped route indicator ? Will train drivers get confused.com ?

[Michael_N]

The route Cathedral -> Parkgate will not be Red OR green.

 

That's funny as the new route maps show the route to be red in colour? Maybe they just wont show the red square on the front of the trams?

[dutch]

We are seeing lots of so called self exclaimed experts again who claim to know it all. Why not simply be patient and wait and see what colour it gets when it gets there, what's the rush to know? It is only a colour, who cares which one, its not like you need to catch a flight in ten minutes and you need to check flight number to find what gate its boarding.