|
|
Post by blackhorsesteve on Mar 31, 2016 21:26:01 GMT
Apologies if this has been asked before but why do TfL trains (and buses) have fabric seating? Trains abroad generally have plastic or metal seating which would be much easier and cheaper to build, replace and clean. In these days of cost-cutting I am surprised to see all refurbs and proposed new trains all still have fabric seating.
|
|
|
|
Post by superteacher on Apr 1, 2016 8:08:34 GMT
Apologies if this has been asked before but why do TfL trains (and buses) have fabric seating? Trains abroad generally have plastic or metal seating which would be much easier and cheaper to build, replace and clean. In these days of cost-cutting I am surprised to see all refurbs and proposed new trains all still have fabric seating. I for one think that plastic or metal seats are uncomfortable. Long may our use of fabric continue! |
|
|
|
Post by countryman on Apr 1, 2016 8:38:52 GMT
When I went to Boston (MA) in 2001, I travelled on the T. The carriages were fitted with huge soft leather covered seats that were almost like sofas. I went back autumn 2014, and was most disappointed that they had changed the seating over to fabric. On our trains and buses it isn't the surface that is important in giving comfort but what is underneath. Try travelling on one of the ex Green Line RMCs or RFs in preservation, which are much better than the standard RM and RF seats, which in turn are much better than the plastic seats now fitted to buses. Local to me Yellow Buses have many buses fitted with leather seats.
|
|
|
|
Post by londonstuff on Apr 1, 2016 11:10:46 GMT
I don't remember any moquette (I saw someone spell it mocket yesterday  ) in Boston last summer on the line that went towards Harvard, though this pic doesn't show too clearly:  IMG_2107 by Michael, on Flickr There was half moquette on the Chicago EL, as this shows. You'll see in the pic that the driver's cab is transparent and so you got marvellous views - I could have stayed on this all day.  IMG_1977 by Michael, on Flickr  IMG_1972 by Michael, on Flickr I've loads of pics but working in a school there are always too many prying eyes to make anything too public  |
|
class411
Operations: Normal
Posts: 2,724 
|
Post by class411 on Apr 1, 2016 14:29:32 GMT
I was in Amsterdam at the start of March and some of the lines there had fabric covered seats. However, they had very little padding and would not have been comfortable for long journeys. (I don't think any of their lines are particularly long.)
|
|
|
|
Post by brigham on Apr 1, 2016 18:15:45 GMT
Rail passengers are already subject to grim 'soviet-style' treatment in waiting-rooms, lavatories &c..
Let's not introduce it on the trains as well!
|
|
|
|
Post by The Tram Man on Apr 1, 2016 20:34:55 GMT
Here in Stockholm all our seats on buses, trains and trams are covered with fabric. The amount of padding varies between individual manufacturers and vehicle types though.
|
|
Antje
侵略! S系, でゲソ! The Tube comes from the bottom of London!
Posts: 605
|
Post by Antje on Apr 12, 2016 6:26:50 GMT
Nearly all Parisian metro trains do have fabric seating, but the padding can be very thin depending on the train type.
|
|
|
|
Post by stapler on Apr 12, 2016 8:37:02 GMT
For luxurious leather seating, travel on Transdev Route 37 between Leeds and Ripon..........real Rolls-Royce stuff
|
|
|
|
Post by countryman on Apr 12, 2016 15:47:49 GMT
Many of the Yellow Buses in Bournemouth have leather upholstery!
|
|
|
|
Post by spsmiler on Apr 14, 2016 22:40:43 GMT
When in Honk Kong many years ago I noticed how their MTR trains had what looked like longitudinal stainless steel seating. It seems somewhat slippery.
When in Portland, Oregon, in the early 1990's I travelled on a bus which had a rexine or vinyl type of seat cover and found that this was so slippery that when the bus turned corners I had to use both hands to VERY firmly grip handrails as otherwise I would slide to and fro along the width of the seat. This was learnt the hard way, as initially I found myself sliding off the seat and landing on the floor.
Fabric is better! Safer!
Simon
|
|
) in Boston last summer on the line that went towards Harvard, though this pic doesn't show too clearly:
