Are there any really long passenger trains in the world?
The Ghan in Australia and I believe also the Indian Pacific, normally they have about 17 cars, (plus some engines,) but if it is very busy they double the train. Just have one half at a time in the stations underway, let the people out and move the other half in. When you get to the train to get on, both at the start of the journey and after long breaks in the journey, the train uses two tracks and/or platforms in the station, to be coupled again to one after departure. I think the first ride of the Ghan after they opened the part from Darwin to Alice Springs they had the train 4 fold, so about 45 cars. The amount of cars does not say all about the amount of passengers, as most of the cars are sleepers with only a few people per car. And some of the carriages are car transport ones, so no passengers in those. The normal trains in the Netherlands may only be 15 cars for a normal long one, but with all seating and standing only the amount of passengers is much higher than a comparable le
