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Originally Posted by lostcarpark
They don't. Next time you're on one, have a look around the inter-carriage doors. There's a gap of about a metre either side of them. Apparently it's a crumple zone that's designed to collapse in a collision.
The 2600s also have a lot more seats - about 70 per coach vs about 50 per coach on a 2900. The 29Ks do have a lot of standing room around the doors, though, so it's possible you could pack more in at crush load.
It's interesting to note that a 6-car 2600 set has more seats (around 420) than an 8-car 2900 (around 400).
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I have to agree with you on that. I was on the 8.55 clonsilla-connolly this morning. it was a four-car 2600 set. the great thing was for the first time in months I actually managed to get a seat on this train. Normally when this train is a 29000 set all seats would be taken with people standing. It wasn't really the case this morning. There weren't really many people standing when it left clonsilla.
The thing is, when it did start to fill up it got jammers very quickly. It did seem poeple were standing in a more confined space (ie no large wheelchair space like 29000) and you couldn't really stand down the centre aisle like you can with the 29000