Breda cars getting new seat coverings
By roadman - Tue, 06/02/2009 - 8:42am.
As evidenced this morning by Car # 3820, which has completely been retrofitted with the new coverings. They are identical in style to those awful coverings being applied to the Orange Line cars - that off grayish blue color with the multi-color 'squiggle' lines.
Sorry no pics - my cell phone doesn't have a camera.
But now we know why Uncle Danny doesn't have the money to invest in decent signals for the Green Line. He's apparently wasting it on upholstery instead.
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Hmm... Not just yet.
I don't think the seats will be changed on all Bredas any time soon.. 3820 has had these seats for the better part of two years now. If anything, the Type 7s (the older trains you see running), could get these seats when they undergo a mid-life refurbishment due to start next year. This is all speculation, however.
Ok, thanks. 3820 must have been recently transferred to
Heath Street service, which is what I usually ride.
As for the Type 7 mid-life rebuilds, it will be interesting to see if they convert the existing side by side seats to the bench seating the Bredas have.
I wouldn't say the money was
I wouldn't say the money was wasted on the new coverings. From what I've read, the 'squiggle' pattern is supposed to render any applied graffiti illegible, the lack of foam and vinyl means that the little darlin's who ride the Orange Line can't cut them up with razors or knives, and they can be replaced quickly. I have to say, the Orange Line cars I've taken look a lot better using these seats over the old ones. But that's probably because they're new.
fabric seats --- why?
The seats on the orange line are gross. They hold odors and you can't tell if they're wet. And when you've seen people piss themselves on the orange line like I have, it's just not a bright idea. I liked the old vinyl coverings! (or whatever they were)
Points taken. However, in almost 30 years of riding the
Green Line daily, I have yet to see a seat that is either marked with grafitti or has been cut up with a knife or razor blade.
In other words, new coverings on the Green Line appear to be a solution in search of a problem. Plus, if a seat happens to be covered with grafitti, I would like to know that before I sit down, and not when I get home and realize my pants are now covered in ink smears.