ryan125hst
Established Member
Does anyone know the history of the toilet and luggage rack windows being removed on some HST trailers. These are just First or Standard class carriages here, not ones with accessible toilets etc. I thought that there were two small windows, one at each end of the coach, and on both sides of the coach, where the toilets and luggage racks are. However, I have noticed that some carriages don't have these windows and they have been plated over with little evidence there was a window that before at all.
For example, this carriage is a Standard class carriage in East Midlands Trains livery that doesn't have these small windows:
Yet this one, also an EMT Standard class carriage, does:
Can anyone shed any light on this?
For example, this carriage is a Standard class carriage in East Midlands Trains livery that doesn't have these small windows:

Yet this one, also an EMT Standard class carriage, does:

Can anyone shed any light on this?