Southeastern metro fleet replacement/improvement

[NCT]

Not really rollercoaster floors, they have seats mounted on a raised floor (like a plinth) either side at the ends over the bogies. The gangway along the middle is fairly flat.

The floor is less flat in a 745 than in a (small wheeled 75mph max) 777, and the gangways between the plinths are noticeably narrow.

 

[Goldfish62]

The Class 345 isn't low-floor. The S stock has small wheels and is limited to 62mph. The Stadler trains have rollercoaster floors. We don't really know what the Adessia looks like yet.

Oops, I meant Class 745!

We know the Adessia will be low floor.
The Stadlers fit the definition of low floor because they allow level boarding. Just like low floor buses are those with step-free access even though there's usually a large step up towards the rear to accommodate the engine etc.

Do we really have to get pedantic and about the definition of low floor and side-track this thread when the vast majority of people know full well what is meant by it, ie allowing level boarding?

 

[NCT]

Oops, I meant Class 745!

We know the Adessia will be low floor.
The Stadlers fit the definition of low floor because they allow level boarding. Just like low floor buses are those with step-free access even though there's usually a large step up towards the rear to accommodate the engine etc.

Do we really have to get pedantic and about the definition of low floor and side-track this thread when the vast majority of people know full well what is meant by it, ie allowing level boarding?

I mean whether the SE new trains will have the same compromises as the 745s et al, which I'm nervous about for a metro setting.

 

[D365]

I mean whether the SE new trains will have the same compromises as the 745s et al, which I'm nervous about for a metro setting.

As per the ScotRail procurement thread, I would expect each manufacturer to offer their own solution to level boarding, which is more or less a de-facto requirement for all new build GB rolling stock going forward. Be that 100% level boarding (as per Stadler) or partial level boarding e.g. one out of three/four vehicles.

Has it been determined whether level boarding woukd be throughout the train or part of the train - or a case of the manufacturer having to make the case for there decision on that?