On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:40:53 -0000, "Peter Corser"
wrote:

"Arthur Figgis" wrote in message
...

Now quite the same thing, but there are trains on the Continent with seats
on three levels (downstairs, upstairs, and a middle level at the ends over
the wheels), and I suppose a bus could be arranged in a similar manner if
someone thought of a reason to bother.
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Arthur

The trains you are thinking of are common in Europe, USA, Canada, China (I
think), at least.

They are, however, only double deckers in practice. The middle levels are
only over the wheels and are usually used for entrance/exit and standing
customers only (there may be tip up emergency seats in some instances),
there is still only room for two sets of seated passengers even within other
countries extended loading gauges.


I would never consider them as triple deckers really, but if use of
the middle level is a criterion, Sydney suburbans have longitudinal
seats between the doors and the car ends, while the interurbans have
the doors nearer the ends and normal seats between there and the
stairs.