Usenet wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 31 Oct 2004:

In message 4182a361$0$43610$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-
reader04.plus.net, Morton
eg.com writes

You didn't mention the upholstery - spartan, hose-down plastic covers.
I've always liked the door-openers, they're so . . . well, French. Like a
2CV.

Back in my day you still had wooden seats, except in 1st class! The old
Sprague trains were being replaced, but only on a few lines by then. I
think the 2 classes on the metro were abolished in the 1980s, but I
don't know the exact date - I was very surprised to come back to Paris
in 1993, after an absence of more than 20 years, and find there was only
one class!.
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"Mrs Redboots"
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