sat here on this square metal bar wondering what percentage of IET seats have completely disintegrated after barely five years in service
I happily defended these seats when they first popped up as me and my bad back found them pretty comfortable... little did I know that a not insignificant percentage of them would have been rendered utterly unacceptable for passengers so rapidly
a reminder that these are the most expensive passenger trains in British history
in today's money:
one IET: £30M
one APT: £12M
@GarethDennis I found myself moving from (declassified) first class to standard on a London Midland Desiro the other day, because the cushioning had collapsed on the fancy (and presumably more expensive) first class seating. The standard padding in standard was still fine.
