The train that never stops at a station

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Looks like this idea could save a lot of energy. Wonder how it would be implemented. Found by Chicagosportsguy on twitter.
 

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I love Japan and Western Europe. Great train systems. Too bad such a thing would never get built here, because people consider it "socialism". I have a friend who lives 30 minutes from Dallas, he told me that in Arlington there is no public transit and every time there is a referendum on the ballot to get some public transit in Arlington, the voters defeat it because they consider it "socialism"
 

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They don't need trains in Texas, they have horses.
 

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I love the trains now but if we got rid of it for that... I'd be all for it.
 

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http://softhunder.blogspot.com/2010/04/train-that-never-stops-at-station.html

1. For those who are boarding the train : The passengers at a station embarks onto to a connector cabin way before the train even arrives at the station. When the train arrives, it will not stop at all. It just slows down to pick up the connector cabin which will move with the train on the roof of the train.

While the train is still moving away from the station, those passengers will board the train from the connector cabin mounted on the train's roof. After fully unloading all its passengers, the cabin connector cabin will be moved to the back of the train so that the next batch of outgoing passengers who want to alight at the next station will board the connector cabin at the rear of the train roof.

2. For those who are getting off: As stated after fully unloading all its passengers, the cabin connector cabin will be moved to the back of the train so that the next batch of outgoing passengers who want to alight at the next station will board the connector cabin at the rear of the train roof. When the train arrives at the next station, it will simply drop the whole connector cabin at the station itself and leave it behind at the station. The outgoing passengers can take their own time to disembark at the station while the train had already left. At the same time, the train will pick up the incoming embarking passengers on another connector cabin in the front part of the train's roof. So the train will always drop one connector cabin at the rear of its roof and pick up a new connector cabin in the front part of the train's roof at each station.

I like this idea a lot. But I'm telling you, people in America would never go for this. I bet you if we didn't have the National Highway System and Obama or anyone else proposed we build one, there would be a revolt.
 

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