Railroad carriage question (woefully long)

[Benjamin]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., pengolodh_sc at y... wrote:
> Oh, there's no question about that (even if the seats on the 
Hogwarts 
> Express ar not slashed).  The one I'm trying to figure out is how 
> they enter and exit the carriage - through doors at each end, or 
> through doors directly to each compartment.  
> 

How about a compromise?  Some of the trains I occasionally travel on 
(when in the UK. SWT, through Soton) are semi-compartmentalised (cool 
word) i.e. a corridor, but with dividing walls.  I think there are 
doors almost every other compartment, OSS.  Best of both worlds.

Unfortunately these trains are fairly old and are only used on the 
very slow routes - I only go one stop :)

-Ben.