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The original seating layout consisted of 72 seats per coach with 16 tip up seats at the doors, giving 176 seats in total. With increasing passenger numbers and the heavy spring in the tip up seats becoming a possible source of injury, the tip seats where removed in the late 1980s. As a result of ever continuing passenger demand in the late 1990s extra standing room was provided through the removal of 16 seats from the 83xx unpowered driving trailers, reducing seating capacity to 56 giving a 2 car unit a total of 128 seats. A number of these units have been refurbished by Siemens , delivered back to IÉ in 2007. The refurbishment involved the installation of modified marker lights, removal of some seats to add more standing space and installation of an electronic passenger information system. It was also supposedly intended to allow the units to operate in 8-car sets, the original units being limited to six cars, but some unmodified LHB sets have operated in 8-car consists during 2007. As with other DART units, they are maintained at Fairview Depot , as well as being stabled at Bray . 8110/8310 and 8136/8336 were withdrawn after suffering serious damage in a fire at Fairview depot in July 2001. Some others are currently under refurbishment. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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