Re: [NSW] M set seating capacity

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

yeah him

Lourie Smit wrote:
> 
> or 'definite'?
> The Railway Rasputin II. <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote in message
> 389F5D98.C479D3CD@fastlink.com.au">news:389F5D98.C479D3CD@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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >