The LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) has new trains. They look cool. They have automated announcements, and display the next stop on LED’s. Very nice. That is where the nice stuff stops.
The trains are narrower than the older ones so the walk way is crowded. The seats seem smaller, and there are less seats per car. In order to put in handicap bathrooms in every other car, I heard that each car has 5 less seats than the older trains. Also the arm rests come up kind of high, so it makes it very difficult to type on my laptop while sitting in a cramped isle or window seat.
With all that, what I want to know is what is so much better in the “new” trains. I am not finding anything from a commuter perspective.