Leave it to the Germans to engineer a simple-yet-brilliant upgrade to economy-class seating.

CNN: Best economy-class innovations

First Great Western (FGW) announced on Tuesday it is cutting some announcements including one which tells passengers they cannot smoke, the location of standard and first class seating and 'mind the gap' at stations (where there is no gap).

BBC: End in sight for 'pointless' rail announcements?

Range Rover will also offer optional executive seating, with two business-class seats in the place of the midrow bench.

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