Managed to grab one of the new trains today and was quite unimpressed. To be clear I'm not in a bad mood because the morning commute was slow (that was beyond their control). My issue is that the seating keeps people so close that it gets incredibly uncomfortable. Accessing my pockets alone was a bit of a chore. I spent the majority of the ride with an elbow in my left side and somebody basically coughing on my right shoulder. The idea of riding one of these on a muggy summer day has me thinking that it would be best to wait for one of the ancient trains that can't turn off the heat.
Speaking of, it appears the heaters don't really work. Maybe they do but I couldn't really tell. True today was ungodly cold so maybe I just couldn't feel my legs, but I was trying to feel heat.
The "next stop" display was very handy, but beyond that I'm very disappointed CT went this route. I get that the idea is to load more people in the trains but the cost isn't worth it imo.
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