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There's been nothing publicly stated that I know of, but looking at the number of spare vehicles available, I'd suggest that a decision has been made to stick with the 17 x 5-car and 9 x 4-car plan and that they don't want to take up the option on more vehicles.Has a decision been made to increase the number of coaches from 4 to 5 across the entire fleet yet ?
If an 8 coach HST is relatively expensive to operate, the cost per seat for a 4 carriage set must be near double. Longer trains are cheaper trains to operate per seat assuming the seats can be filled.