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   Elimination of dining car  evaluated  
From the point of view of space utilisation, a restaurant coach is a waste of seating space. In the corresponding perspective of specific energy consumption (per seat), the elimination of a restaurant coach can be seen as an energy efficiency measure. However target conflicts between efficiency and service quality have to be taken into account.
Technology field: Space utilisation
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 date created: 2002-10-04
 
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