{"id":159955,"date":"2010-01-09T22:29:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T03:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1042011"},"modified":"2010-01-09T22:29:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T03:29:34","slug":"medium-and-long-distance-train-seat-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/159955","title":{"rendered":"Medium and long-distance train seat plans"},"content":{"rendered":"
In medium and long-distance trains, where people are not supposed to travel standing on aisles, there are three major set arrangements: aligned, facing and compartment seats:<\/p>\n

Aligned seats<\/b>:
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(from rail-technology.com)<\/p>\n

Facing seats<\/b>:
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\n(from daniellecherney on photobucket)<\/p>\n

Compartments<\/b>
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\n(from mararie on flickr)<\/p>\n

What are your opinion in these different arrangements?<\/p>\n

I’d point out this pros\/cons:<\/p>\n

Aligned seats<\/i>
\n– Best overall arrangement for solo\/couple travellers
\n– Allows for relative privacy
\n– Allows for trays to be installed
\n– Don’t have many luggage space under the seats<\/p>\n

Facing seats<\/i>
\n– Create embarassment when you have to ride with a strange in front of you for hours
\n– Maximize luggage space under the seats
\n– Better for families\/groups
\n– When possible to compare, usually facing seats cars are more dirty and noisy.<\/p>\n

Compartments<\/i>
\n– Good for privacy if you are travelling with acquaintances and only with tehm
\n– Intimidating if you have to share the compartment with strangers
\n– Makes it easier for crimes\/abuse to be commited onboard out of sight of conductors\/fellow passengers<\/p>\n

I myself would vow for majority of seats in any given train be arranged airplane-like, e.g., aligned (you face the back seat of the front row), some seats to be facing and a few compartments that can be booked only wholly (e.g., without putting strangers in the same compartment).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In medium and long-distance trains, where people are not supposed to travel standing on aisles, there are three major set arrangements: aligned, facing and compartment seats: Aligned seats: (from rail-technology.com) Facing seats: (from daniellecherney on photobucket) Compartments (from mararie on flickr) What are your opinion in these different arrangements? I’d point out this pros\/cons: Aligned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}