I think the problem with the new order for 'E's is they are duping the
public with the old line 'but the capacity is the same'.

I've seen it time and time again - particularly with trains. Cut the
frequency of service but make the trains longer and then explain 'what
are you all complaining about, you line has greater capacity than before!'.

Never mind that the service is now significantly less convenient than
before due to the longer interval between services.

On the basis that we should be all happy that each shiny new E class are
replacing 2 older trams, we might as well take it to the extreme and run
10 car coupled sets twice a day. What's the problem, you have the same
number of seats/spaces per day don't you ?.

Of course making the service less attractive by reducing the frequency
is a great way to suppress demand and cure the over crowding problem.
Push more people into cars so the business case for that expensive toll
road you want to build looks better.