Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2007 9:34:16 GMT
As I sat on the DLR being blinded by the sun this morning I had a cunning thought!
As you obviously can't put tinted/darkened windows on the S stock because they go underground, has any thought been put into putting some sort of photochromic film or window layer on the new stock. As the SSL lines all run roughly east to west I can imagine this would be quite a good feature for reducing glare from the sun, because it would go darker in the sunlight but turn clear in tunnel sections as the reaction is triggered by UV light.
[like those clever glasses from specsavers, but on trains]
As you obviously can't put tinted/darkened windows on the S stock because they go underground, has any thought been put into putting some sort of photochromic film or window layer on the new stock. As the SSL lines all run roughly east to west I can imagine this would be quite a good feature for reducing glare from the sun, because it would go darker in the sunlight but turn clear in tunnel sections as the reaction is triggered by UV light.
[like those clever glasses from specsavers, but on trains]
