Gallery: How to Make Sitting on a Train More Like Sitting at a Bar

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    British design firm PriestmanGoode has created two new seating options for railway cars. Both intend to create more room for more seats, to help alleviate overcrowding on commuter trains.
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    This design, called Horizon, has benches that sit slightly higher than a typical train car seat, creating less need for leg room and more space underneath for luggage.
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    PriestmanGoode says these seats could increase commuter car capacity by 20 to 30 percent.
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    Island Bay offers a mix of seating options. The seats fold up and down, and while up, they function as perch seats.
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    Same goes for the additional end bay seating, which looks like a legless folding chair glued to the aisle-facing portions of the seats.
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    Island Bay also offers a traditional, full sit-down option, making its projected capacity increase slightly smaller than Horizon, at 15 to 20 percent.
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