On Sep 22, 2:42 pm, "Clive." wrote:
In message . com, John
B writesI guess it was lucky (in so much as these things can ever be lucky)
that the line wasn't much use at the time of the Moorgate disaster,
since that meant the train was carrying its seated capacity of 300ish
people rather than its design capacity of 800ish...

If my memory serves me correctly (questionable) the Northern City line
as it was known only used 4 car sets.


The report in the previous link implies that is was made of two three-
car sets, ie six altogether.

The story (and also some other accounts I've read) suggests that a
number of people were standing, although that could be a case of "I'll
have an uncomfortable journey to save a few yards at the terminus".