On 19 Apr, 20:54, "MaxB" wrote:
Re the ITV transport programme (London only) on at 1930, it was
interesting
that in concentrating on the suggested dangers of standing, the reporter
did
not draw attention to the fact that seats are being removed as fast as the
operators can manage it. Even common sense suggests this is a silly idea
without the rather doubtful computer simulations used to confirm it.

Except that standing on a train is far safer than sitting in a car.
That being the case, it is advantageous to allow as many people to
travel by train as possible.

...or as the programme was arguing (I think) to run more and longer trains
(particularly with more coaches at the front where it is most crowded) ):

Why not do both? Which, indeed, is what is happening.

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