A “MOCK-UP" of the newly designed double-decker coach for British railways was shown recently in London. A double-decked electric train would have eight coaches with a total seating capacity of 1016 seats—an increase of 31 per cent on the seating capacity of an ordinary train. The actual construction of the new train is still secret.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22915, 6 April 1949, Page 4
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55A “MOCK-UP" of the newly designed double-decker coach for British railways was shown recently in London. A double-decked electric train would have eight coaches with a total seating capacity of 1016 seats—an increase of 31 per cent on the seating capacity of an ordinary train. The actual construction of the new train is still secret. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22915, 6 April 1949, Page 4
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