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:[https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/70366-mk-1-ck-window-query/&do=findComment&comment=1007202 RM Web forum] gives a bit more information: ''It is commonly referred to as the "stretcher window" and had a full-size opening pane hence the indented and thicker (actually an additional) frame. Hinged at the top it was designed to be pushed out in the event of an emergency for stretchers to be taken inside. This was not possible through the 2' wide doors and side corridors of Mk1 stock. The decline and virtual elimination of Mk1 compartment stock from main line use and its replacement with wider doors on (mostly open plan) Mk2 and later carriages meant there was no need to perpetuate the feature. It could be found on CK vehicles which would have been formed into almost all trains at one time and including the 4Cep and 4Bep SR EMU units built to virtually standard Mk1 designs.''<br>
:Not sure on pre-nationalisation stock.--[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 15:31, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
::Thanks. Responses elsewhere are it was the centre second class compartment. Of the three SVR CKs, 16169 and 16267 have had the handles removed and window sealed up but frame is still present. 16202 still has the handles/mechanism but has been sealed to prevent water ingress. On other lines the stretcher window was replaced by a fixed light to reduce water ingress. No comment on pre-nationalisation stock.--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 08:45, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
