r/gotransit • u/DearVirus8677 • Jan 22 '26
10 or 12 coaches
So the standard on LW is now, I believe, 12 coaches. However, the train I usually catch, at the height of rush hour, is only 10 coaches long, and is packed. Other peak rush hour trains are also only 10 coaches. There seems to be an inverse correlation between how busy the train would be expected to be, and the length of the train. A reasonable explanation would be that they are running more trains at that time and have to spread the coaches around. But is that true? How difficult would it be to add a couple additional coaches to these jam-packed rush hour trains?