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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
I finally got a chance to ride the new ctrain cars on the way home this evening, and I was going to complain about the seats, nothing is more comfortable (transit wise) then those nice plush blue seats... until I realized that the seats in the new cards are heated. Classy Calgary Transit, classy.
I was skeptical about the amount of room that would open up by having all sideways seating, but there certainly was a lot more room then the old ones.
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I road one yesterday and it is fantastic. Even just the extra legroom for the seats is worth giving up the cushy seats. It is a little harder to nap on the train though. The interesting thing is that each train car only gives up 4 seats. The old trains have 6 benches on each end for a total of 24 seats per train end. The new trains have 11 seats on each side for 22 per train end. The centers of the cars are the same.
So at the price of 4 seats a train you probably double the standing room on train. Also they have 3 prong poles so more people can hang on at a comfortable level.