Talk:Bilevel car

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Reading this text as it is now I must say there's more information on bilevel cars in the double decker article than here. Although I'm interested in rail transport I cannot really make head or tail of this.

So let's turn this article into something more useful. 68.22.194.255, this is a good start, but could you

(a) add that this is about trains rather than trams (if I'm not mistaken);
(b) give some examples where in the world bilevel cars are being used (I have no idea);
(c) take one or two photos and upload them?

All the best, --KF 08:49, 1 Nov 2003 (UTC)

we could do with some pics of INSIDE such a train 82.152.174.17 16:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Is bilevel a widely used term, even in the US? I noticed "double-decker" in the online LA Times today. Grusl 09:51, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- And Bloomberg yesterday (13 Oct) referred to double-deckers at NJ Transit. Why don't we Move the thing to Double-decker train and refer to "bilevel" as "occasionally used in some parts of North America". Grusl 07:28, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Double decker train proposals for the UK.

It's not strictly true that UK railways cannot accommodate Double-decker trains. The Bulleid DD trains were not a success, but that was 60 years ago. The main problems were:

cramped upstairs
poor ventilation upstairs as the windows were not openable
increased time at stations for passengers getting on/off.

Double-decker train design has come a long way in the last 60 years, and while some ingenuity would be required, it is not impossible to come up with something that would work within the existing loading gauge - see Space trains - a double deck vision This is a presentation by a design firm with a lot of experience with double deck trains. --Harry. 20:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)