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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Sep 19 11:15:29 2023, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 14, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Sep 14 19:34:56 2023. They replaced the venerable Triplexes that had seats galore and Brighton passengers became straphangers.The seating reduction was a legitimate gripe. The AB's had a seating capacity of 78 seats per car. An 8 car train could seat 624 passengers The D's had a seating capacity of 160 per triplex section. A 4 car train could seat 640 passengers. The R32's had a seating capacity of 50 seats (for underweight passengers). An 8 car train could seat 400 passengers. Later 10 car trains could seat 500 passengers. This represented a substantial reduction in the number of seats. Usable standing capacity requires well defined corridors to/from the doors. The seating and pole arrangements on both the AB's and D's were designed to create such corridors. The R32's with their longitudinal seats do not create such corridors. This means the R32's provided less usable standing room than their predecessors, despite seating far fewer passengers. |
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