That brought the total number of rail seats at Old Trafford to more than 6,000. Over two years on from the addition of 2,100 rail seats, United are working on a bigger expansion than seen before. More United NewsThe project will see United offer over 12,000 rail seats at Old Trafford, as revealed in the club announcement on Tuesday evening. Safe standing has been a success at Old TraffordAs a season ticket holder in W210, I couldn’t talk more highly of the safe standing section at Old Trafford. However, the safe standing in the away end didn’t make any difference, as the Blues were kept quiet for most of the match.