Northern (Arriva Rail North)

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RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(26/10/2019 19:36)Metroline1511 Wrote:  I rode my first 195 today, 195 110. As usual for modern rolling stock, it had ironing board seating.

You might recall Northern did a 'seats roadshow' where they asked customers for feedback on seating options and they put a standard 'ironing board' seat against two alternative seats with the 'ironing board' seat proved the least popular. Northern then decided to use a modified 'ironing board' seat (the same type as Scotrail have used) with slightly more padding. They claim some customers told them they liked the ironing board seat because of the extra leg room, even though there was no indication of how much leg room each seat type would allow at the seats roadshow, so that feedback was probably from a relatively small number of rail enthusiasts - unless customers commented on leg room because of how bad it is on 142s or 150s, in which case Northern should be taking that in to consideration when refurbishing 150s.