London Overground train design
wallofbeans
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Weird question but --
Does anyone know if there are trains with a similar layout to London Overground - ie seats along both sides of the train facing each other - in other parts of the UK? And if so, where?
Thanks.
Does anyone know if there are trains with a similar layout to London Overground - ie seats along both sides of the train facing each other - in other parts of the UK? And if so, where?
Thanks.
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Do you mean Underground trains as used on the London Underground or Tube system?0
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Apart from London Underground which has lots of trains in this layout, there are at least two others:
Class 345 on TfL Rail / Crossrail have a mixture of transverse and longitudinal seating, as shown in this picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Class_345_interior_7th_July_2017_02.jpg
Class 483 used on the Isle of Wight also have a mix, as shown here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:483004_Interior.JPG (These are ex-London Underground trains now operating as part of National Rail).0 -
Head_The_Ball wrote: »Do you mean Underground trains as used on the London Underground or Tube system?
No, I mean the Overground Trains - the orange line on the tube/train map - but they are a similar layout to the Tube trains. I'm looking for trains that (mostly) stay overground.0 -
Apart from London Underground which has lots of trains in this layout, there are at least two others:
Class 345 on TfL Rail / Crossrail have a mixture of transverse and longitudinal seating, as shown in this picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Class_345_interior_7th_July_2017_02.jpg
Class 483 used on the Isle of Wight also have a mix, as shown here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:483004_Interior.JPG (These are ex-London Underground trains now operating as part of National Rail).
Thank you! I'm looking for outside of London trains so Isle of Wight trains are interesting...0 -
Does anyone know what other cities commuter train layouts are like? Manchester for example?0
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wallofbeans wrote: »Does anyone know what other cities commuter train layouts are like? Manchester for example?
Manchester use trams which have a conventional layout:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M5000
Northern who provide the train services in Manchester and much of that region use a variety of Pacer's, Sprinters and a few EMUs all which use a conventional layout as well with 3+2 seating for the denser services:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rail_(Serco-Abellio)#Current_Fleet
Merseyrail for Liverpool use 507's/508's also with a conventional layout:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyrail#Current_fleet
I did wonder what seating arrangement the class 230's were using as they are ex Underground stock to be used normal mainline stock but also use a normal layout:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_230
The Glasgow underground services use the same layout as the London underground trains:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway_rolling_stock
Scotrail have a mix of Sprinters and EMUs for commuter services which are 3+2 or 2+2 seating.
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wallofbeans wrote: »Does anyone know what other cities commuter train layouts are like? Manchester for example?
Lots of European cities have seating longitudinalDont rock the boat
Dont rock the boat ,baby0 -
How about the Stourbridge Branch line, with the Parry People Mover? :beer:
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Edinburgh trams have a mix of forward, backwards and longitudinal seating. I think Nottingham may be the same.
West Midlands Railways trains on the cross city line in Birmingham are all conventional seating.0 -
Northern who provide the train services in Manchester and much of that region use a variety of Pacer's, Sprinters and a few EMUs all which use a conventional layout as well with 3+2 seating for the denser services:
I think some of the Pacers (Class 142/143/144) have a short section of fold-down longitudinal seating by one of the doors, to provide a wider area for wheelchairs, pushchairs, bikes etc. You can sort of see it in the corner of this pic: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:143617_Interior_2.JPG
Also TransPennine Class 185s have a short section by the accessible toilet, again with fold-down seats.0
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