Monorail seating

[Monorail Lime]

Originally posted by Fantasia Boi
As for why the slide up... From what I'm to understand, it's to lock them in place. The doors are air-actuated... without the locking in place, with enough force, the door could be pushed open.

The doors seal like that to be sure no one can get them open out on the beam. That's why if someone pulls up an exterior door release lever (which releases the air pressure) when the monorail is leaving the station it causes a 80 psi emergency stop.

Even when the doors are sealed you can still get a door alert if someone bangs on them hard enough. I guess the seal isn't very tight!

 

[Invero]

Originally posted by Monorail Lime

The doors seal like that to be sure no one can get them open out on the beam. That's why if someone pulls up an exterior door release lever (which releases the air pressure) when the monorail is leaving the station it causes a 80 psi emergency stop.

Even when the doors are sealed you can still get a door alert if someone bangs on them hard enough. I guess the seal isn't very tight!

Well, they don't "seal" per se... they just lock into place. Even though they are locked, with enough pressure, it can trigger one of the sensors, which is why you'll get the door alert.

I could be mistaken, but I could have sworn a door alert was only a 60psi full service stop?

 

[Monorail Lime]

Originally posted by Fantasia Boi
I could be mistaken, but I could have sworn a door alert was only a 60psi full service stop?

I think the alert for the release levers is different from a door alert. Which makes sense considering door alerts sometimes happen completely randomly but a release lever is obviously intentional.

You could be right though, it's been a while...

 

[Invero]

Originally posted by Monorail Lime

I think the alert for the release levers is different from a door alert. Which makes sense considering door alerts sometimes happen completely randomly but a release lever is obviously intentional.

You could be right though, it's been a while...

I'm positive that the standard Door Alert is only a full service stop, because think about all the south end drop offs... M3 would never wait for the train to stop before opening the door... lol

However, as for the handles... because they release the lock... you could be right, they might be 80psi...

 

[freaklarm]

You guys are driving me crazy with this monorail vocabulary!!! Can you please explain what this mean:: M3, 80psi, 60psi full service stop???? or anyother monorail thing you had say. Thank you.

 

[Invero]

Originally posted by freaklarm
You guys are driving me crazy with this monorail vocabulary!!! Can you please explain what this mean:: M3, 80psi, 60psi full service stop???? or anyother monorail thing you had say. Thank you.

M3 = Monorail 3 --> Our coordinator
80psi is the amount of air pressure applied to the air brakes for an emergency stop
60psi is the amount of air pressure applied to the air brakes for a full service stop. (Regular stop)

(PSI = Pounds per square inch)

 

[Rider]

Originally posted by Fantasia Boi


Please refrain from doing that in the future... By holding onto the doors, it damages the bearings inside the door mechanism, causing the door not to close properly.

Its not like I try and force the door in another directition. I just hold onto it like any standing poll and let it move a little.

If they dont want us holding onto them, they should look like something to hold onto .

 

[Invero]

Originally posted by Rider


Its not like I try and force the door in another directition. I just hold onto it like any standing poll and let it move a little.

If they dont want us holding onto them, they should look like something to hold onto .

I agree, it was a stupid design... holding onto them is fine... it's the folks that hold on tightly, and try to keep the door from closing that damages the bearings. Once someone does it, that particular panel will continue to recycle all day long, and must be manually closed. By holding it, it knocks the doors out of alignment very slightly... but just enough, so that when the door closes, it doesnt trip the sensor. So, it opens back up, and tries to close again. A CM now has to go over to that panel, and give it a good push to trip the closed sensor.

 

[dmspilot00]

Originally posted by Fantasia Boi


Please refrain from doing that in the future... By holding onto the doors, it damages the bearings inside the door mechanism, causing the door not to close properly.

As for why the slide up... From what I'm to understand, it's to lock them in place. The doors are air-actuated... without the locking in place, with enough force, the door could be pushed open.

It's not like I try to prevent it from moving. I just put my hand on it.

I think there would have been a better way to lock the doors and seal them from water. Oh well.