"Rich Mallard" wrote in message
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Having had several journeys to and from work on these, I wonder if anyone
else agrees with my observations:

What were Bombardier thinking of when they designed this??? They already
had a half-decent slimline seat design that's used in the 375/9, but oh
no, let's design something else even less comfortable.

Bombardier don't design the seats. They usually get them from Chapman
Seating, who did the Sprinters, etc for BR. Unfortunately due to the long
periods of inactivity (i.e. years when few or no new trains are built), the
company has gone bust on more than one occasion, leading to the inevitable
supply problems.

-=# Amos E Wolfe #=-