Category:Carriage Type TK

Carriage Type TK designates a Third Class Corridor Coach. A corridor coach is one divided into separate compartments, with a corridor down one side to allow free movement along the train and between compartments.

In early railway carriages such as Barry Railway Carriage 163, the compartment occupied the full width of the train, hence this type of carriage is often referred to as a 'compartment coach'. The corridor coach began to be introduced around the start of the 20th century, mainly to enable passengers to move through the train to use dining cars which were being introduced at the time.

The SVR has GWR and LMS pre-war design examples of third class corridor coaches. The Post-War BR equivalent was the Mark 1 Standard Corridor (SK), although BR continued a move towards the use of 'open' carriages which the pre-War companies had already begun.

See also

List of Carriages