But no 2-car 150s, which is what we’ll be on later. Still - better than a pacer.
Given they were so abysmally late to enter service in the first place, it does make your wonder what they did with that extra time - or how bad they originally were when they first left Loughborough.
To be fair, while that's correct for the RoSCo, it's stretching it a bit for the TOC, which, while operating under a quasi-commercial-style contract, is publicly owned and does not take revenue risk, unlike in franchise days.
Northern (unit) diagrams for May-Dec 2021 have been made available under FOI request, but request made last week for Dec 21 diagrams has just been refused, hiding behind (crew) diagrams, and possible abuse of access to Northern depots if request granted. Suffice to say, request for review has been made.............
Can they not rob the parts from some of the GWR units, after all most of them won't be needed until next year?
If ‘they’ are Porterbrook then yes but it depends which parts because some new ones might not be common to the 3rd rail equipped GWR units. Some older ones could probably be robbed from other 319s at Allerton.
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A few stations come to mind which have level crossing issues if that was suddenly the case. Parbold etc.Realtime Trains - 2K82 0716 Southport to Alderley Edge
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wow, never seen an 8 carriage diagramed for Southport services, this though is obviously an error as not one station can take 8 carriages, unless the rear section is locked out, I see this train most mornings, I doubt it will be 8 carriages, but will keep eye out for it.
The Ecs from Allerton is showing as 8 carriages too
Should have took screenshot of it, rather than copy link, it was amusing to think 8 carriages
It was bound to happen sooner than later.
I did quite well however on the non-electrified section, leaving 16 minutes late and recovering 12 of those minutes by the time it reached the wires at Lostock junction.
So it didn't get stuck on any inclines then?
They have been at Manchester Victoria for a little bit.
Probably get taken down next year when the electrification to stalybridge is finished.
I’d imagine that they’d keep them in the unlikely event that a 769 goes to Newton Heath or Rochdale - Salford Crescent still has them for the handful of Southport services that go via Atherton.
