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Peter Beale · January 28th 04, 07:37 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Jack Taylor) wrote:

They were *extremely* cramped and unpleasant to travel in,
even for passengers in the 1940s.

They didn't have *too* many passengers in the 1940s, having been
built in 1949. But having used them on several occasions, I agree with
your comment.

In a sense they were more one-and-a-half-deck than double-deck,
with the upper deck compartments fitting in between the lower ones
rather like pieces of a jigsaw. And loading was slow, each compartment
with a door, and then stairs up to what you might call the mezzanine
floor compartment.

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Peter Beale