> It occurred to me after writing my previous post that maybe the reason
> the Sydney trams have few overhead handholds is because they're so
> slow and they think you don't need them. Checking photos inside other
> CAF and Alstom trams overseas, few of them have many handholds either.
> Bizarre. In Melbourne, the trams have heaps of overhead handrails
> throughout. I wonder what the reason for that could be? Surely they
> couldn't possibly know a lot more than "modern light rail" operators?
>
The E class as originally built had few handholds and the pipes that now
have straphangers fitted were out of reach for many passengers.
See first pic.
After a lot of falls the interior was completely re-designed after the
first 50 and the first 50 were retro-fitted.
Second pic.
Mal Rowe in a city that learns from mistakes
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