On 15 Feb 2005 15:49:39 -0800, MIG wrote:


James Farrar wrote:
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:25:06 -0000, JB
wrote:



I agree these trains are pretty bad. To be honest I thought the
high,
claustrophobic backed seats was a new safety thing. They seem to
be
appearing on all new/refurbished trains (although not necessarily
as bad
as on the 376). I quite like the two by two seating though.

I love the high-backed seats on the new Southern trains. (Sorry, not

enough of an enthusiast to know the class number!) In fact, my train
home
from work is often a two-car old unit at the front and a four-car
new unit
at the rear, and I'll sit in the new bit by choice even though I
inevitably have a longer walk at my destination station.

Actually, the two-car units (456s) always had high seat backs. The
four-car units (455s) didn't till now.


When I say "high back", I mean "above my head"; I'd never seen those
anywhere until the new units started coming in at the tail end of last
year.