On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:43:39 +0100, The Junk Yard Express
wrote:

Barry Salter wrote:
* A fleet of new trains between Gospel Oak and Barking from 2009,

Anyone know what they are likely to be, diesel versions of the 376 would
be most appropriate than any current DMU design surely?


Hope the layout is not going to be like an artists impression of an
interior I saw this week. All the seats faced inwards with a wide
aisle like normal tube trains.
I want to look out of the window in the direction I'm travelling!

Dave

In article ,
(Dave) wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:43:39 +0100, The Junk Yard Express
wrote:

Barry Salter wrote:
* A fleet of new trains between Gospel Oak and Barking from 2009,

Anyone know what they are likely to be, diesel versions of the 376
would be most appropriate than any current DMU design surely?

Hope the layout is not going to be like an artists impression of an
interior I saw this week. All the seats faced inwards with a wide
aisle like normal tube trains.
I want to look out of the window in the direction I'm travelling!

You and me both. However, there are just 8 such seats in each D stock car
(counting those facing the opposite direction to that of travel. The C
stock has no such seats any more.

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Colin Rosenstiel

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message

In article ,
(Dave) wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:43:39 +0100, The Junk Yard Express
wrote:

Barry Salter wrote:
* A fleet of new trains between Gospel Oak and Barking from 2009,

Anyone know what they are likely to be, diesel versions of the 376
would be most appropriate than any current DMU design surely?

Hope the layout is not going to be like an artists impression of an
interior I saw this week. All the seats faced inwards with a wide
aisle like normal tube trains.
I want to look out of the window in the direction I'm travelling!

You and me both. However, there are just 8 such seats in each D stock
car (counting those facing the opposite direction to that of travel.
The C stock has no such seats any more.

I think that most Tube trains lost some or all of their transverse seats
during refurbishment, as did the C stock. The A and D stocks kept the
same number of transverse seats after refurb. In fact, I don't think
there was any significant change in the A and D layouts (apart from some
folding seats replacing fixed seats in the D stock).

Dave wrote:

Hope the layout is not going to be like an artists impression of an
interior I saw this week. All the seats faced inwards with a wide
aisle like normal tube trains.

I think the Artist's impression is probably accurate, given the chronic
overcrowding the North London Line suffers from. Simple fact being that
providing (less) longitudinal seating and more standing room, you
effectively increase capacity.

Cheers,

Barry