Masboroughlad
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/57849754@N07/7372478874/
This was not part of the original refurbishment plan.
I'm excited now :P
Adam
That looks good!Hope we see a full rake......
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57849754@N07/7372478874/
This was not part of the original refurbishment plan.
I'm excited now :P
Adam
I thought a red stripe was for a non-corridoor compartment carriage
That looks good!Hope we see a full rake......
It does look smart.... at the moment. Problem is they can't keep any of there stock clean. Generally speaking the majority of Greater Anglia stock is filthy, internally and externally.
Hopefully they've opted to spend money on a decent paint pack which provides a better finish thats easier to keep clean.
Cleaning especially the airline seat tables should be being cleaned every night and during turn-round, not once in a blue moon.
You flip down one of those tables at an airline seat and the chances are it'll be tea/coffee stained and food squashed in there.
Yes, XC are also quite bad at that, but their routes are alot longer and their stock stables in odd places so i guess they have an excuse.
Adam
Chapmans from the 158's in the ATW MK3's?! I pray to god this does not happen! The IC70 seats are the most comfortable InterCity seat on a train operated in the UK imo. Replacing them with Chapman seats, which look and feel so cheap and are definitely not suited to long journeys would be a disaster!
Chapmans from the 158's in the ATW MK3's?! I pray to god this does not happen! The IC70 seats are the most comfortable InterCity seat on a train operated in the UK imo. Replacing them with Chapman seats, which look and feel so cheap and are definitely not suited to long journeys would be a disaster!
Are they keeping the mk2s or are these also replacing them?
The mk2s have the rather drab original Arriva upholstery the present grey and blue is much more stylish
Yes it is.Is it IC70 seating in the first class section on a 317/1?
Is it IC70 seating in the first class section on a 317/1? Yes, they're comfortable but hardly the most comfortable seats I've ever been in.
Is the IC70 seat up there with GNER as being the best ever, as viewed by those who wear rose-tinted spectacles?
Put it this way. I can experience a three hour journey on an IC70 seat without my bottom going to sleep. Alas, the same can't be said for a 2.5 hour journey on one of the Grammer seats.
Since I've been able to compare both of these journeys quite recently, I don't think this is a case of rose tinted spectacles.
I have a big soft spot for the Grammer seats, as those headrests are the best I have ever come across (even better than a Northern Spirit 142 :P) but that bases would be nicer if they were softer. IC70 seats are coil sprung (I think) so are very comfortable but the backs are too low and the armrests are stupid, and cannot be moved. I am in 2 minds about IC70 seats. They are far better than Chapman seats, but I still prefer Grammer seats.
I'm relatively short so I've never been troubled by the low back seats.
Out of interest, If Greater Anglia are about to strip out all their IC70 seats, please can Northern snap them up and use them for a cheap refurb of bus seat and merseyrail Pacers ?
Please - pretty please ?
They'd have to be removed by 2020. Put it this way, stock that's refurbished from now on (excluding Chiltern - they're doing the doors etc now and seats in a few years) is fairly likely to have it removed, and sent to the scrap heap - perhaps you might be able to buy one?
Chapmans from the 158's in the ATW MK3's?! I pray to god this does not happen! The IC70 seats are the most comfortable InterCity seat on a train operated in the UK imo. Replacing them with Chapman seats, which look and feel so cheap and are definitely not suited to long journeys would be a disaster!
Grammar seats? Oh for god sake! Why are IC70's being phased out anyway?
http://www.nwrail.org.uk/nw1206b.htm
What seats are these in the FGW Mark 2s? They look like IC70s but with proper headrests.
Adam
http://www.nwrail.org.uk/nw1206b.htm
What seats are these in the FGW Mark 2s? They look like IC70s but with proper headrests.
Adam
In short, No.
Im not sure what they are, however the closest design i can match those two are the First Class seats in the 165 / 166s.
http://www.scot-rail.co.uk/photo/scaled/11733/
I do miss those ex FGW Mk2s - Got to be the best around by far, best interior, best exterior and most reliable...