Eurostar orders its first double-decker trains! I have ridden on Amtrak double-decker train before (California Zephyr); and you get better less obstructed view on the upper deck.
Posted by
Edmonds, WA 🌨 ☂
13126 posts
Interesting that the double deck cars will be just 6 inches taller than the current cars.
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Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
24006 posts
Then you will be able to see the tunnel's ceiling.
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Lakewood, Colorado
19519 posts
If they are like the double-decker REs in Germany, the extra space in gleaned from the space between the wheels. You board at platform level and go up stairs to the top level and down stairs, a little, to the lower level.
In the old single level cars, the single level was much higher than the platform.
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London, England
324 posts
Remember that the Eurostar brand has recently been extended to also cover the Paris/Brussels/Amsterdam/Koeln trains previously marketed as Thalys - it hasn't been confirmed which routes the new trains will operate on.