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Originally Posted by Rathji
I do like the fact that those cars cater to the fact that there are probably twice as many people standing and are designed so that more than 1 person can stand in the isle betwee the row of seats.
It has probably been brought up before but how much higher is the expected capacity compare to the old cars ( and the old-old cars with seating facing each other)
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The old U2s (1981-1990, knee-to-knee arrangement) and the older series of SD160 (2001-present, knee-to-back arrangement) have roughly the same capacity, with the SD160 maybe being able to fit marginally more.
From what I've heard, the newest series of SD160 (Series 8, perimeter seating), may have as much as a 10% improvement in capacity over previous models, while only losing something like 4 seats per car. It's just a much more efficient arrangement, mostly due to the aisles actually being navigable.