‘Best-in-class’ seats and no bog-standard loos: first look at HS2 train interiors

Full-size wooden mock-ups of the HS2 train interiors have been constructed at Alstom’s factory in Derby for user groups to test. Photograph: andrewhendry.com/HS2 Ltd

For now, it remains unclear quite how far any passenger will travel on future HS2 services – whether reaching Euston or on high-speed tracks all the way to Crewe. But however short the journey, an exclusive peek at HS2’s embryonic carriages reveals travellers will be enthroned in “the best seats of any UK trains” – even, arguably, in the toilets.

Conscious of discontent with the “ironing board” seats in some of the newest trains introduced to Britain’s railways, HS2 are putting passengers’ backs and bottoms centre stage.