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  2. Train seat - Wikipedia

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    In most trains there's free or open seating. In case one can make seat reservations, train seating plans or train seat maps [2] are provided in computer reservation systems to allow future train passengers to select their seat, usually an aisle seat or window seat.

  3. Passenger railroad car - Wikipedia

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    A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (Indian English) [1] is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers, usually giving them space to sit on train seats. The term passenger car can also be ...

  4. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

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    An Amfleet passenger car, named because the car shape is a rounded stainless steel tube [17] Angel seat (US) A cupola-style caboose with an angel seat above The second level seats on a cupola-style caboose [18] [19] Angle bar A metal plate that joins the ends of rails in jointed track [20] Amshack

  5. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Window "An opening in the wall of a building or cab for the admission of light and of air when necessary. This opening has a frame on the sides, in winch are set movable sashes containing panes of glass." – Webster. Hence the window itself, especially in compound words, is often termed simply the sash. [260] Window glass Panes of glass used ...

  6. Boarding (transport) - Wikipedia

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    Outside-in by column (window, middle, aisle = "Wilma") Block boarding (outside-in within a zone, with zones ordered back-to-front) Reverse pyramid (combines back-to-front with outside-in) Rotating zone (alternating back-to-front and front-to-back segments) Random; Efficiency considerations to minimize overall boarding time include:

  7. United Airlines said reverting to window-middle-aisle boarding will save up to two minutes in boarding time per flight. ... Group 3: Window seats, exit row seats and non-revenue passengers.

  8. Passenger rail terminology - Wikipedia

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    Although the use of heavy rail also refers to rapid transit as with American parlance, it is characterized as electrified passenger rail services that use 8- or 10-car trains. [13] This is then distinguished from light rail used to describe medium-capacity rail systems such as the LRT Line 1 and MRT Line 3 , [ 14 ] and medium rail which is a ...

  9. What I learned … sit in the window seat to avoid germs - AOL

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    Window seats are more isolated and are furthest away from the aisle, where passengers and crew often walk by and can more easily spread germs. (Getty Images) (MediaProduction via Getty Images)