This reminds me, if you ever have to go on the Central line, try and find an alternative
Tiny windows on class 390s... great stock but when it gets busy it can be so claustrophobic
From seated positions they are wonderfully cosy though. The claustrophobia generally sets in when you're standing and realise you can't see anything!
True. I have a mate, an ex-colleague, who lives in South Woodford and he is always moaning how hot the Central Line gets in Spring/Summer. He's always really pleased to be able to switch to the District Line at Mile End when heading into Central/South London.Bit tricky when you live in South Woodford
Surely then the Voyagers would be the worst offenders, since they are more likely to suffer from overcrowding, and have the same sort of windows.
Voyager windows are almost twice the height of Pendolino ones. They have the same seats, so the size difference in the windows becomes quite clear if you put interior photos of them side by side!
Voyagers have very large windows indeed.
I should've said if there is an alternativeBit tricky when you live in South Woodford
Riding on a GWR 80x yesterday and my phone displayed "Low Power". Got my charger out and tried to plug it in, but failed miserably. Finally took to laying on the floor and managed to plug it in. Great idea to have power sockets available, but could have been made more accessible.
Yes... I don't see why they don't put sockets on the back of seats so as to be facing the user, which would surely make more sense.
I like the way it's been done on the Greater Anglia Stadler units where the sockets are below the seats, between the two seats. What is clever is that sockets have been put in "upside down" (i.e. the neutral is at the bottom) which makes it much easier to plug in when sitting in the seat, as the natural movement to plug in flips the plug through 180deg so the neutral is at the bottom (if that makes sense!). Much easier than having to do a conjurer's trick, which is what is needed in many other cases.
Because then you'd have to fit socketss to takes in the table bays. And seats that are back to back would need sockets in the back. So you end up with 2 seat versions and tables with sockets, which is more expensive than plain tables and 1 variety of seat.
Oh I don't know. I had a very pleasant trip back from Westbury last summer as the sole first class passenger. I was very attentively supplied with tea and biscuits
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You could always just keep 1 carriage for first. Still wasted space, but less so, and first class customers are still catered for.Oh I don't know. I had a very pleasant trip back from Westbury last summer as the sole first class passenger. I was very attentively supplied with tea and biscuits
Was cheaper than a standard return too.
Airlines change a section from first to pleb class by adjusting the seating (Thy have a way of making a 3 into a 2) and moving a curtain. So maybe someone needs to think of a way to declassify some first provision when first class demand is low and 2nd class is high. But of course the 2nd class passengers would not get the 1st class service
LNER seem to have busier 1st class than standard at the moment.
Avanti is a good example of long distance travel. They replaced some first class with standard premium, and it's a much better set up.
Not really in the way you're thinking though - airlines like BA (and most other Euro airlines) turn Economy class into Business by using the same seats, but not selling the middle one in each triplet. All the other differentiation is in the onboard service, the lounge access before boarding, the priority boarding, the extra baggage allowance, stuff like that. This is obviously unworkable on the railway, where the key differentiation for long-distance first class is the fact that you're getting a (hopefully) better seat.
