Trains (whether its a subway/tube or a regular locomotive) travel very quick, and when approaching a station, they need to slow down to a stop.
Why not have the station be built slightly elevated from the tracks? so as the train approaches, it has to climb an upward slope (and therefore trade kinetic energy for potential energy)?
And then when it leaves the station, it can more quickly accelerate and gain up to its target speed? Wouldn’t this be more efficient?
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I imagine this could cause a headache for higher frequency lines. Sometimes a train “catches up” to the train in front and has to slow down and possibly wait at the signal before the station. This would mean they would have to go uphill when they are starting up again when the station is clear.
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