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ArticleThe bot­tom line

WE hear plenty of com­plaints about seats on trains. Why are they now so uncom­fort­able? Why don’t they make them like they used to? After all, how hard can it be – lit­er­ally? Seats mat­ter to every­one – includ­ing our Rail Min­is­ter, I’ve heard....

The bot­tom line

ArticleThe best of today’s rail­way writ­ing from…

Colum­nist and com­ment­ator: Chris­tian Wolmar Trans­port writer, pod­caster and the author of 10 books – and now this extra one on HSTs High-speed rail in pic­tures p24-27, column p38-39 The trans­port broad­caster: Tom Edwards BBC Lon­don’s...

The best of today’s rail­way writ­ing from…

ArticleComfy seats

Remem­ber those lovely, squishy, springy seats on a slam-door train? Do you ever find your­self sit­ting on the rock-hard seat of a Class 801 into Pad­ding­ton, your back­side aching from its paper-thin pad­ding, and won­der where it all went wrong?...

Comfy seats