New trains for ECML & FGW

[STEVIEBOY1]

Will the new Inter City typetrains that are supposed to coming in the next few years to operate on the ECML & FGWR lines from Kings Cross and Paddington, be longer/have more carriages than the current 8 or sometimes 9 that operate at the moment, ? It would be a good opportunity, especially on the Paddington lines where they are modernising/electrifying the railway to also extend platforms/signalling etc where necessary to allow for longer trains, rather like what has happened on the VT WCML where there are 11 carriages on many trains now.

 

[ainsworth74]

Please see existing discussions such as this one here for more information.