Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reported concerns regarding the comfort of seating on the new trains launched by the Southern and Great Western Rail franchises.
Seating on all trains is required to both address comfort of passengers and conform to the relevant design standards, which includes addressing fire safety and crash worthiness. Train operators as the end users for the new trains have worked with the manufacturers to deliver seating that is compliant with the requirements, including testing with passenger representatives.