You got very lucky not to have security guards checking the trains before the switchbacks. I tried yesterday at Ramonville and Borderouge and there was security guards at each end of the line that told me to get off the train before it switched back ): (BTW, line A is closed until aug 20 because of heavy upgrade work)
Nope, VAL stands for Véhicule Automatique Léger, which, translated to English, means Light Automatic Vehicle. Basically it's a rubber tyred underground system.
@Nathan Parker Basically yes, but with a few key differences: 1. Platform screen doors at stations, just like on the Jubilee Line extension and Crossrail (DLR doesn't have them) 2. Level of automation is GoA4 (allowing unattended operation) unlike the DLR which is GoA3 (which is why you'll always see a guard onboard a train) 3. As Elevating Europe rightly pointed out, the VAL runs on rubber tyred tracks. The DLR, on the other hand, runs on conventional steel wheeled tracks.
You got very lucky not to have security guards checking the trains before the switchbacks.
I tried yesterday at Ramonville and Borderouge and there was security guards at each end of the line that told me to get off the train before it switched back ):
(BTW, line A is closed until aug 20 because of heavy upgrade work)
So beautiful video
So you also discovered Toulouse...
When will you come to Lyon ?
Ces rames VAL208 😇😍
Mes préférés sont les 208 PG mais par contre...
Je te vois partout 😲 c'est fout non ? 😂
@@MathisBiking je la vois partout moi aussi
you should retry the DLR bank switchback!
how come they leave the station then stop half way out reverce and re enter the station
It's the end of the line. Train reverse and goes for the other way.
Is this basically the French DLR?
Nope, VAL stands for Véhicule Automatique Léger, which, translated to English, means
Light Automatic Vehicle. Basically it's a rubber tyred underground system.
@Nathan Parker The VAL makes the DLR look like a peice of shit. There is nothing quite like the VAL.
Beno no
@Nathan Parker Basically yes, but with a few key differences:
1. Platform screen doors at stations, just like on the Jubilee Line extension and Crossrail (DLR doesn't have them)
2. Level of automation is GoA4 (allowing unattended operation) unlike the DLR which is GoA3 (which is why you'll always see a guard onboard a train)
3. As Elevating Europe rightly pointed out, the VAL runs on rubber tyred tracks. The DLR, on the other hand, runs on conventional steel wheeled tracks.
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