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Old 15th July 2008, 11:16 AM   #12 (permalink)
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On 15 Jul, 14:07, MIG <googles...@doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
> On 15 Jul, 10:51, D7666 <d7...@m> wrote:
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> > On Jul 15, 10:30 am, MIG <googles...@doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:

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> > > 376s have less usable
> > > standing space than even the 465s.

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> > I disagree.

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> > Under crush load conditions I much prefer a 376 to anything else.

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> I think the refurbished DLR have got it right for crush loading (after
> an experiment with the worst layout ever a few years ago).
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> 2 + 2 seating, or longitudinal, or flip-up, set-back areas around the
> doors, things to hold on to, panels to lean on (separating standers
> from seated people's heads), no bulky or sharp obstructions.
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> I haven't been in a SWT 455 when totally crush-loaded, but it seems to
> me that they follow similar sensible principles
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> > I know I've held that view in uk.railway debates before - possibly
> > even with yourself :o) - but I won't change it.

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Back to subject.

The 456s are having their toilets removed. The reason apparently is
the Disabled Discrimination Act. There are no additional seats, they
have just moved a group of seats from by the door to where the toilet
was which has freed up space for a wheelchair or cycles.

Pain in the proverbial for us drivers that they have gone, as they
were quite handy if you had a duty without many toilet breaks in them!
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