This will not be comfortable :))) - but better than walking!

Эх, Саратов-Саратов...( Впрочем, в 90-е сами переживали то же самое.

Saratov.. but, in Saratov always only wood? Or in the past - like this?
http://transphoto.ru/photo/967282/

I believe, this in Daugavpils - are the original seats like from the factory! It is very comfortable.

There were original KTM seats in the past, of course. In Daugavpils, maybe, seats were carefully restored not long ago. They must be worn in 25 years.
We had soft seats, but grade of culture of our citizen is rather poor. And standart of living in Soviet was very poor too. In 1960-s Saratov received 2 trams Gotha with green leather seats. And what do you think our people did? They cut the seats and made belts of that leather. So it was not big surprise when in poor 1990-s soft seats disappeared and in repair shops they didn't reappeared again.

9 апреля 2015: http://transphoto.ru/photo/880849/
11 сентября 2015: http://transphoto.ru/photo/844475/

За полгода он так выцвел?

Да и модель поменял, с городом приписки :D у Вас по первой ссылке московская Песа))

Цитата (massimoling, 20.11.2016):
> За полгода он так выцвел?

У нас из-за частого кузовного ремонта и перекрасок под рекламу применяют самые дешёвые ПФ эмали, которые очень быстро выцветают. Только КТМ-19 и несколько троллейбусов зелёных и рыжих остались в заводской окраске, и то они тоже повыцвели за 8 лет и блеск совсем сошёл (вероятно, от механической мойки).
Вот поступления 608КМ из Москвы, вероятно, покрасили более приличной автоэмалью.

I thought, they are original seats, because they look just like the seats in this film:
Just in black, but I seen one tram had them in grey, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQqHt1eSGwI

I understand the topic of the film is, maintenance of this tram. Anyways, for me it was interesting to see it in brand new mode. I understand, for that time it was a very modern (also modern style) tram to have, in comparison to what was before.

Цитата (Katinka, 20.11.2016):
> Saratov.. but, in Saratov always only wood?

Нет, в Кировском депо после КВР ставят мягкие: http://transphoto.ru/photo/592349/