Re: [NSW] M set seating capacity

["The Railway Rasputin II." <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

deninate = definate

"The Railway Rasputin II." wrote:
> 
> Gondola? Gondola? Huh?
> Don't you mean the saloon section?
> Anyway what you said plus the fact that there are seats behind the crew
> compartment.
> Its been a while since I saw the specs but I did note that there was a
> deninate increase of capacity.
> 
> rgds
> 
> Chris Downs wrote:
> >
> > The gondola section of the Millennium trains will have 9 rows of seats (each
> > 5 across) adjacent to the windows whereas the Tangaras, K sets, S/R-set
> > motor cars only have 8 rows adjacent to the windows in the gondola section.
> > That gives 10 extra seats per car minus whatever longitudinal seats you
> > loose in at the ends of the car.  Not dissimilar to Comeng and Goninan
> > trailers which have 9 rows adjacent to the windows
> >
> > All styles of cars have a varying number of seats over/under the stairs in
> > the gondola section but I see no gain over Tangaras being made there.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
> > 87lvp0$loq$1@news1.mpx.com.au">news:87lvp0$loq$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> > > How the world does Clyde Engineering manage to fit an extra 30 seats for
> > > each M set? According to the Millennium Train brochure, the seating
> > capacity
> > > for a 4 car consist of D-N-N-D coded M set carriages would be 450, but for
> > > the T sets, the D cars will hold 98 and the N cars hold 112, which when
> > made
> > > into a 4 car consist it'll hold 420 people
> > >
> > >
> > >