Yes I have recollections of sliding a little as the train started and stopped, but I cannot guarantee that the trains of 20 years ago had ridges between 'seats'.

Regards,

On 27/03/2013, at 8:48 PM, Noel wrote:

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> My recollection of some Hong Kong trains, (possibly the commuter trains toward the Chinese border at Lo Wu). was their use of 'stainless steel' longitudinal seats with continuous backs not shaped for individual passengers.

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> Were / are there any problems in these trains when only a few passengers are seated ? My thoughts were that with high acceleration or deceleration of the train, passengers wearing 'low friction attire' might slide sideways along the seat.

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> Noel Reed.

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> On 27/03/2013 12:59 PM, Brian Blunt wrote:

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>> Wow, a HK train with no one on board.

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>> Did you have a durian in your shopping bag?

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> Hi Brian,

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> One word ...

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> 'terminus'

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> Mal - fan of all HK transit

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