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Hello Joe and welcome to the Forum. My pet hate is how cramped and uncomfortable modern trains are. As I've commented before on this Forum, whenever I take the train to an airport, when I get into a standard economy class seat on the aircraft I notice how much more spacious and comfortable it is than the train seat I was travelling in. It shouldn't be like this, surely. If you can find a preserved railway to visit (for example, Peak Rail is quite near Sheffield) sit in one of their "Mark I" carriages. They were the standard type of carriage manufactured through the 1950s and 1960s, 64 seats to a carriage, four across, in groups of four around a table. They'll seem like large well padded armchairs compared with what we're squeezed into these days.
If I could make just one suggestion to improve the seating on modern trains, what would it be? Make all seating four rather than five across to give passengers a bit of space.
Best of luck with your project.
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