Should more longitudinal seats be provided on regional trains?

[Bletchleyite]

Might work on busy outer suburban or regional commuter trains like the WCML to Northampton or the Brighton line where passengers from the original will want a seat but as you get close to the terminus people are happier to stand, but for every transverse seat you fit you could have had 2 airline seats.

That's not quite true. Remember that you've got a seat base (which is roughly square) and legroom (which is roughly the same width as the base). So it's close to 2 either way.

You lose a bit where you change to regular seating due to the slope of the seat back, but that can be luggage space.

(Note: The basis of this was that if people prefer tip-ups when travelling alone, perhaps more regional trains should have longitudinal seating in places?)

 

[zwk500]

That's not quite true. Remember that you've got a seat base (which is roughly square) and legroom (which is roughly the same width as the base). So it's close to 2 either way.

You might bet 3 longitudinal to 4 airline but you won't get 1:1.

You lose a bit where you change to regular seating due to the slope of the seat back, but that can be luggage space.

(Note: The basis of this was that if people prefer tip-ups when travelling alone, perhaps more regional trains should have longitudinal seating in places?)

I think a bank of 4 side-on seats either side of vestibules could work quite well on lines like Inner Greater Anglia and Thameslink, largely to prompt people to move up into the aisles when it gets busy and to increase that circulation space. But I don't think it'd be as sensible for something like the LNR Trent Valley trains, or TPE services. Transverse seating would mostly be a potential option when you've run out of viable ways to lengthen the train.