Re-configurable passenger bench seat

A passenger bench seat, comprising:

• a backrest;
• a seat element;
• a fastening rail which extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the seat element in a region of an edge of the seat element that faces towards the backrest;
• and
• a seatbelt system which comprises, in a first configuration of the passenger bench seat, a first number of seatbelts which are detachably fastened to the fastening rail in first positions which are adapted to the first configuration of the passenger bench seat, and which seatbelt system comprises, in a second configuration of the passenger bench seat, a second number of seatbelts which are detachably fastened to the fastening rail in second positions which are adapted to the second configuration of the passenger bench seat;
• and
• on the fastening rail, a plurality of first seatbelt-retaining elements arranged in a manner distributed along the fastening rail in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the seat element, each first seatbelt-retaining element being detachably connectable to a second seatbelt-retaining element provided on a seatbelt of the seatbelt system, and
• wherein at least one first seatbelt-retaining element is displaceable along the fastening rail and lockable in various positions along the fastening rail in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the seat element.