dereksingh291
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any photos of standard class?
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Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates
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They are all I have sorry
SuperLuke2334
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If that's first class, the colour on the headrest isn't especially appealing!
TT-ONR-NRN
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I find cream leather to be quite classy. Emirates also use it, and many luxury cars.
Bletchleyite
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TPE 1st uses it as well I believe. I prefer dark colours for trains, though, as given the limited cleaning they get cream/white leather tends to show the muck and look worn quicker.
The interior scheme of these looks more than a little "washed out" to me, sadly. Though I'm conscious that's really personal preference.
I would be very careful about posting pictures from the factory, when I presume EMR have not authorised you to share the pictures?
Mzzzs
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Looks like the interior has had a quite a bit of change to it nice to see not just your bog standard 80x interior.
Also, let's hope EMR actually give you a proper meal with first class not a Btec Tesco meal deal with limited options considering they have what looks like a small kitchen.
Also, let's hope EMR actually give you a proper meal with first class not a Btec Tesco meal deal with limited options considering they have what looks like a small kitchen.
TT-ONR-NRN
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I’m sure a grown wo/man in a reputable job has the mental capability of gauging his own risks
People who work for the TOCS getting trains built there, are not even allowed to share pictures taken unless preauthorised via Hiatchi management and the relevant Toc, so an employee working there most certainly is not. But hey Ho, yes as you say up to ythem what they do!I’m sure a grown wo/man in a reputable job has the mental capability of gauging his own risks
Photos have dissapeared... presumably removed?
johnnychips
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This has now been removed.
Halish Railway
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The size of the seat back table varies between units, with those on GA Flirts and WMR 196s of course being quite small, whereas those on the refurbished First Class of the SWR 444s are quite large.
I found a relatively new concept image, that I've never seen before from a Linkedin post about the new seats.
Luca Giantin on LinkedIn: F.I.S.A. Fabbrica Italiana Sedili Autoferroviari S.r.l. is very proud and…
F.I.S.A. Fabbrica Italiana Sedili Autoferroviari S.r.l. is very proud and thankful to be on board East Midlands Railway Hitachi Rail
Mzzzs
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That looks almost identical to the pics we saw posted and deleted earlier.I found a relatively new concept image, that I've never seen before from a Linkedin post about the new seats.
Luca Giantin on LinkedIn: F.I.S.A. Fabbrica Italiana Sedili Autoferroviari S.r.l. is very proud and…
F.I.S.A. Fabbrica Italiana Sedili Autoferroviari S.r.l. is very proud and thankful to be on board East Midlands Railway Hitachi Railwww.linkedin.com
The seats look somewhat more comfortable than other 80x but they look to have little padding.
Interesting, confirms that it was still FISA as of 6 months ago. The reservation displays have changed (I suspect its just concept art). New overhead displays are interesting though I'd rather have the colour display overhead like the 700s, I find the wall mounted ones end up being difficult to see.I found a relatively new concept image, that I've never seen before from a Linkedin post about the new seats.
Luca Giantin on LinkedIn: F.I.S.A. Fabbrica Italiana Sedili Autoferroviari S.r.l. is very proud and…
F.I.S.A. Fabbrica Italiana Sedili Autoferroviari S.r.l. is very proud and thankful to be on board East Midlands Railway Hitachi Rail
You don't need a lot on the back, just enough good quality padding and in good shape. The IEP seats are particularly bad because of the poor quality bases with reports of some collapsing.
I’ve yet to see a collapsed base! Lots of talk, but never seen one at all on LNER. Is it just affecting GWR?
I'm not in either area enough to regularly ride them, though the GWR units have been in service longer.
I'd imagine it'll still be FISA when you consider how much money will have gone into making the LEAN supposedly better. Hopefully they're not as upright, because they're decent other than that. I would be very surprised if they end up getting the transcal seats designed for Avanti/Lumo.
So would I, it would be very strange to change it.
They mentioned a relaxed seat angle as well as the changed cushion.
Bletchleyite
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You can certainly feel the bar through the cushion on LNER, but as their units are newer few have collapsed fully in the way the original 800s have.
keppoch69
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For some reason I seem to like this dark carpet than the horrid, wood effect vinyl seen on some of the railway.I found a relatively new concept image, that I've never seen before from a Linkedin post about the new seats.
Luca Giantin on LinkedIn: F.I.S.A. Fabbrica Italiana Sedili Autoferroviari S.r.l. is very proud and…
F.I.S.A. Fabbrica Italiana Sedili Autoferroviari S.r.l. is very proud and thankful to be on board East Midlands Railway Hitachi Rail
norbitonflyer
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Any reason for thr change from 2 piece coupling cover ln the 80x to one piece on the 810?
It's still two piece, it just opens vertically instead of horizontally. Presumably it has something to do with the shorter carriage length meaning that various gubbins must need to be put in a different place.
AndrewJM70
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Has anyone got any updates on which month we are likely to see the first set in service next year?
The_Train
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I agree that it does look classy, the only problem is that is shows the grease and grime of people's hair off
Bletchleyite
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I agree that it does look classy, the only problem is that is shows the grease and grime of people's hair off
Like flat cloth it looks better but it only stays looking good if cleaning is far more frequent than the railway tends to do. Dark colours are better given the railway's approach to cleaning - dark grey would probably work well with the rest of what's there.
At least it's not white (yes, you, TPE).
Urgh, hopefully we aren't going to see a regression to HST levels of discomfort due to lack of legroom and fixed armrests (were the seats in those lower down too?) - at least with those gone I can now make use of the fasts to/from Nottingham rather than having to stick to the semi-fasts.
The 180s were lovely with their ample amount of legroom and the Meridians aren't too bad (especially in the mixed class coach), if the pull down table was just a couple of cm higher they'd be fine.
Trainbike46
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Personally, I have experienced the "collapsed base" issue exclusively on GWR trains, never on LNER. Though I could have just been lucky on LNER
Eastern Farmer
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I frequently use LNER and never had an issue with their seats, used gwr once a month or two back and I tried a few seats before I found one without bars poking through or a collapsed base. These 810 seats do seem to hopefully be much better as from next year I will be travelling on Emr slightly more too.
bluelagoon8951
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the company i work for (that does standard class catering for EMR) has received absolute confirmation that there will be no buffet bar. there will be a dedicated (and therefore i assume staff only) place that our trollies will be stored in - i'd think away from the kitchen too, since it will need to be accessible from standard class. it will be interesting to see what that will look like!