Miles Bader wrote on 01 August 2009 02:53:13 ...
Paul Corfield writes:

I have never seen the inside of these trains. I cannot understand why
they are not fitted with straps and a hanging rail after the manner of
tube trains.

They are - http://www.flickr.com/photos/24759744@N02/3769795952/

The amount of bars and straps doesn't seem all that high though; maybe
they don't expect so much overcrowding.

It looks to me as if the straps were a last-minute addition, perhaps for
the benefit of shorter passengers. They didn't feature in earlier
photos, e.g.
http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/c...ain.php?id=765

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