New Double Deck Train -- A full sixed modal of the new double-deck coach, with passengers occupying both decks. The upper deck floor is 4ft. higher than the normal floor. Top Windows do not open. The first British double-deck train - one answer to the problem of handling more passengers at "Peak" hours - will, it is hoped, be running between London and Dartford before the end of the year. No alterations will be needed to take the ew train for it is the same height above the rails as the present coaches. But one eight-coach train of the new type will seat 1,016 people, instead of the 772 of a normal eight coach electric train - an ino2ease of 31 per cent. February 28, 1949. (Photo by Daily Mirror).