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Railway Gazette writes:
BTW, which feature(s) are supposed to "improve the [...] reliability of future suburban trains"?
This variable seating arrangement seems the best feature of the project. Other ideas are small cherries on the cake.DB Regio has unveiled IdeenzugCity, a full-scale mock up built to showcase ideas to improve the comfort, capacity and reliability of future suburban trains.
Features include seats which can be extended or retracted at the push of a button. This could enable operators to increase capacity by 40% in the peaks by providing more standing space, and then increase the number of seats for provide more comfortable journeys for off-peak travellers. This could also be used to tailor the amount of space for bicycles and pushchairs to better suit demand.
BTW, which feature(s) are supposed to "improve the [...] reliability of future suburban trains"?