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Originally Posted by lostcarpark
Does a CDE coach have the smae number of seats as a Mk3?
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Roughly, the wheelchair space and toilet take up a few seats thats the only difference
To run an hourly timetable you need 7 working sets, there are 8 full sets on order plus 3 spare standards.
It may be possible to increase 2 sets up to 6 standard coaches but that leaves things very tight the trick being to roster the sets correctly you wouldn't swap coaches around during the day. With seat reservations etc varying the train length lead to trouble. Now if you could bring the journey time down from 2:40 to 2:20 you would need only 6 working sets which would make longer trains possible, the shorter time would increase demand as well
Of course a shorter train weighs less and accelerates faster which gives you shorter times without spending money on the track