page_title: Passenger car (rail)
section_title: Articulated
hierarchical_section_title: Passenger car (rail) / Car types / Car technology / Articulated
caption_attribution_description: English: Two Paris Sud-Est (PSE) sets in original TGV livery. Русский: Сцепка из двух поездов TGV Sud-Est в оригинальной оранжевой окраске.
context_page_description: A passenger car is a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. The term passenger car can also be associated with a sleeping car, baggage, dining, railway post office and prisoner transport cars.
  In some countries, such as the UK, some coaching stock to not carry passengers are referred to as "NPCS"; similarly some maintenance stock can be known as "MOW" – maintenance of way – in the US.
context_section_description: Articulated passenger cars are becoming increasingly common in Europe and the US.  This means that the passenger cars share trucks and that the passageways between them are more or less permanently attached.  The cars are kept in "trainsets" and not split up during normal operations.
  Articulated cars have a number of advantages.  They save on the total number of wheels and trucks, reducing costs and maintenance expenses.  Further, movement between cars is safer and easier than with traditional designs.  Finally, it is possible to implement tilting schemes such as the Talgo design which allow the train to lean into curves. The chief disadvantage is that failure of a single car disables the entire set, since individual cars cannot be readily switched in and out of the consist.
caption: Two TGVs (coupled) with articulated trainsets
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