Over the last three years, RECARO Rail, a division of the RECARO Group, has been building a strong foundation to ensure their future in the railway industry.
They recently showcased their innovative seating at the 2025 Trako International Railway Fair.
Working alongside other RECARO divisions and gaining knowledge from design modernisation, investments and ergonomic developments, they are in a position to set new trends in the industry.
They have been expanding their product range, including the Luna seating series, which was introduced last year.
Alongside other designs in the range, such as Vela, which focuses on passenger comfort, durability and sustainability, they have created a range which is lower in weight and more ergonomic.
This has led to collaborations with operators across Europe, and the new seating will be featured across Romania and Germany.
A partnership will see a fleet of trains manufactured by PESA for the Romanian Railway Reform Authority (ARF).
Responses
Railway carriage seats look more and more like airline seats and seem to be getting smaller and more uncomfortable with every iteration. Carriage sizes haven’t changed (except side walls now cant inwards towards the top – why?), so why have the substantial and comfortable seats that were fitted to Mark 1 carriages disappeared?
The walls have always canted inwards to a degree. I suspect that if the amount of inward cant has increased, it’s due to softer suspension allowing carriages to wobble a bit more, impacting the need to keep carriages within the loading gauge. And of course, Pendolinos have that need more than others.
As for Mark 1 seating, I think that this is one thing where designers will never win because so many people think that comfort must mean big, soft and floppy. I’m not one of those people because I like a degree of support for my body. Having said that, there are some oddities – I have failed to make any use of the headrest in the new Avantis because it’s so far back that my head can’t reach it without moving my bottom way forward on the seat, losing support for my lower back.