Post by astock5000 on Dec 31, 2008 20:39:31 GMT
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Those seats are not 'too cramped', the passengers just spread themselves out, and put bags on the seats. How wide is a 'three seat transverse seat' on A stock, compared to three seats on C stock, where you can't use two seats, as there are armrests.
If this is saying that A stock seating is really 2+2, then wouldn't there still be less seats on the S stock?
Most just means 'more than half', and it does not say 'in the peaks'.
Baker Street - Aldgate isn't that much of the line, and the Circle and Hammersmith & City also run along there.
It is also important to reiterate the fact that the current seating capacity is overstated. As I mentioned in my answer to question 2254/2008, the three seat transverse seat is often too cramped for three passengers. So while it is said that there are 448 seats on each train currently, in practice the number of seats that are available for use is 368.
Those seats are not 'too cramped', the passengers just spread themselves out, and put bags on the seats. How wide is a 'three seat transverse seat' on A stock, compared to three seats on C stock, where you can't use two seats, as there are armrests.
On the latter basis, seating capacity in the peak hour will be virtually unchanged
If this is saying that A stock seating is really 2+2, then wouldn't there still be less seats on the S stock?
London Underground (LU) is confident that most people at Harrow-on-the-Hill and stations north will still get a seat once the new trains are fully in use.
Most just means 'more than half', and it does not say 'in the peaks'.
The additional capacity on these new trains will also provide much needed relief on the most crowded sections of the line between Baker Street and Aldgate.
Baker Street - Aldgate isn't that much of the line, and the Circle and Hammersmith & City also run along there.
