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Elimination of dining car |
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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.
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Technology field: Space utilisation
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Application outside railway sector (this technology is railway specific)
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Overall potential: not promising |
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The elimination of the dining car is advisable from an energy point of view. Given the loss of service quality and subsequent passenger dissatisfaction, the measure has to be judged with scepticism however. |
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date created: 2002-10-04 |
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© UIC - International Union of Railways 2003 |
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