A drive train for a wind turbine, the drive train comprising a gearbox , a generator and a coupling in between an output shaft of the gearbox and a rotor shaft of the generator , the gearbox output shaft being coupled to the generator rotor via the coupling , the generator comprising a rotor and a stator , the rotor comprising a rotor shaft and a structure carrying electromagnets and/or permanent magnets, wherein: - the gearbox and the generator are independent and separate components, whereby the gearbox and the generator each have their own housing and the output shaft of the gearbox and the rotor shaft of the generator are respectively supported by a gearbox output shaft bearing arrangement and a generator rotor shaft bearing arrangement , - the rotor shaft bearing arrangement comprises a rotor bearing located at a first end of the rotor shaft closest to the gearbox and a rotor bearing located at a second end of the rotor shaft furthest away from the gearbox, - the housing of the generator is directly connected to the housing of the gearbox , - a gearbox output module , which comprises the gearbox output shaft , the gearbox output shaft bearing arrangement and an output shaft bearing housing , at least partly extends into the generator , whereby the gearbox output module at least partly extends beyond a plane (P) defined by a front surface of a structure carrying the active elements , if said structure is the first rotating part of the generator that is encountered when going in a direction from the gearbox to the generator , or by a front surface of the rotor shaft of the generator , if the rotor shaft is the first rotating of the generator that is encountered when going in a direction from the gearbox to the generator , characterised in that - the coupling extends through a centre of the rotor shaft of the generator and is coupled to the generator rotor shaft at a side (G) of the generator opposite to the side of the generator connected to the gearbox. - the gearbox and the generator are independent and separate components, whereby the gearbox and the generator each have their own housing and the output shaft of the gearbox and the rotor shaft of the generator are respectively supported by a gearbox output shaft bearing arrangement and a generator rotor shaft bearing arrangement , - the rotor shaft bearing arrangement comprises a rotor bearing located at a first end of the rotor shaft closest to the gearbox and a rotor bearing located at a second end of the rotor shaft furthest away from the gearbox, - the housing of the generator is directly connected to the housing of the gearbox , - a gearbox output module , which comprises the gearbox output shaft , the gearbox output shaft bearing arrangement and an output shaft bearing housing , at least partly extends into the generator , whereby the gearbox output module at least partly extends beyond a plane (P) defined by a front surface of a structure carrying the active elements , if said structure is the first rotating part of the generator that is encountered when going in a direction from the gearbox to the generator , or by a front surface of the rotor shaft of the generator , if the rotor shaft is the first rotating of the generator that is encountered when going in a direction from the gearbox to the generator , characterised in that - the coupling extends through a centre of the rotor shaft of the generator and is coupled to the generator rotor shaft at a side (G) of the generator opposite to the side of the generator connected to the gearbox. <EOS>