We STILL haven't fixed train interiors

After all this time - and all these complaints - CrossCountry, HS2 and East Midlands Railway (to name but a few) have again decided to torment us with interiors the likes of which not even Deutsche Bahn would countenance. It's time to discuss train seats, and interior design more broadly, once more. Music: Drop the Tapes - TrackTribe Far Behind - Silent Partner Photography/Imagery (in rough order of appearance. Images with an obvious source are not listed, and photos with no visible source or credit are my own): Class 385 interior - Superalbs, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Italian regional train interior - FISA Class 810 interior - Coastway Will CrossCountry interiors and graphics - CrossCountry EMR designers - David Gordon of DGDESIGN, an unknown colleague of his, Matthew Whitehead of EMR, and Luca Giantin of FISA, EMR, The Aurora Project Ep.2,    • The Aurora Project | Episode 2 | Designing...   Class 803 interior - Superalbs, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Class 175 interior, ATW - Superalbs, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Class 175 interior, TfW - TheFrog001, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Class 168 interior - Modern Railways Class 395 interior - Bellminsterboy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Ouigo TGV - Kabelleger / David Gubler, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Avanti Pride Penolino - The Nikon User, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Flixtrain - Richard Latten, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons CrossCountry route map - CrossCountry Old Voyager interior - Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Refurbished Class 170 interior - TheBigD Cross Country Class 170 first class interior - Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0 AWC Route Map - Avanti West Coast Coronation Scot - Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons HS2 Route Map - Cnbrb, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons HS2 mock-ups - HS2 Ltd Borcad seats - Borcad Flexio DVT interior (bike space) - Slenderman7676, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons HST buffet - Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons ICE 3 Neo exterior (countryside with wind turbines) - DB AG ICE 3 Neo first class at night - TheFrog001, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons ICE 3 Neo new interior - DB AG ICE 3 Neo restaurant - The Man in Seat 61 ICE 3 Neo family compartment and luggage space - DB AG and Volker Emersleben ICE 3 Neo buffet - u/dom_schke from Reddit Class 800 interior - Peter Skuce, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons TOC train drawings - Unisouthderivative work: CrossHouses, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Lumo train seat - TheFrog001, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons #crosscountry #hs2