Dave Arquati wrote:

Bad news: Replacing the trains with carriages where the seats face
longitudal (all sideways). (Some of us actually prefer the transverse
seating, i.e. front-backward facing).

The reason for longitudinal seating is to provide more space for standing
passengers.

You mean mobile cattle trucks? I wouldn't want to stand for a long time on
most of the journeys I make on that line.