-- Regards Roderick Smith Rail News Victoria EditorMichael Kurkowski <simcard@comcen.com.au> wrote in article <34337ACD.18E09046@comcen.com.au>... > Yesterday I was riding on a Hitachi train set in motor 15m, and i > witnessed something different in the carriage. Where the drivers > compartment is, there is usually a small space with 8 seats. In this > train this area was there, but was blocked off by a wall which had a > small window at dead center. This wall was positioned right up to the > fron passenger doors. Looking through the window, there appeared to be > the usual wall which went into the drivers compartment, but it had a > door leading to this small area. In this small area were 4 seats, (2 > sets of 2 up against the wall which you find on all other hitachi sets) > and a bench against this unusual wall. I include a rough diagram below > of what i mean incase i have confused anyone ;) Can someone (possibly > from The Met) enlighten me as to what this is, i.e. was it standard on > all hitachi sets before i started travelling on them (as was the door at > the front of the drivers compartment which led outside). > > Cheers. Mick. > > +--|=|+----+|==|----------- > | |s b| > |_ [d] b| passenger area > | | |s b| > +--|=|+----+|==|----------- > ^^^^ ^^^ > Usual \ > drivers \ > compar- \ > tment. The small room/area mentioned > > > [d] = the small door which led to this small room/area. > |=| & |==| = driver/passenger doors. > s = seat > b = bench > > > -- > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > | Michael Kurkowski. mailto:simcard@comcen.com.au | > | http://simcard.base.org http://www.comcen.com.au/~simcard | > | phone: 0412-044-123. International: +61-412-044-123 | > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > | Life is full of surprises. | > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ >