Re: Connex pictures - take 2

["James C" <idonthavemail@noemail.org>]

> > Aparently, the concensus among most Melbournians led to show that the
> > facing seats were preferred. I tend to agree with them.
> >
>
> Yes I must agree - facing seats are definitely preferable, not just for
legroom,
> but for social comfort.  Contrast the design of Tangaras - the face to
back
> seating layout is specifically designed to cause maximum psychological
unease -
> all seats face AWAY from the centre of the saloon, so that unless you sit
on the
> stairway bulkhead seats you have your back to most of the carriage.  This
> offends one of the most primitive insincts humans have - to put ouselves
in a
> position from which we can survey potential threats - and to many people
being
> in a train can be a threatening place.


Not only that, face to face seating arragement would allow passengers seat
at the inner (window) side of the train easier to move in and out.

Cheers
James