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158906 Destination Kit

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I am on 158906 with some new PA kit inside. How long has this been on? It has destination scrollers at the end of a carriage and screen showing next stops in the middle of the carriage. The carriage is also heavily sponsored on the outside
 
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About six months. Some tables also have USB charging points. Only a one off though.
 
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BestWestern said:
Have they been "three car'd"? Hence the 9XX?
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No; it's one of the ten former West Yorkshire PTE sponsored units, numbered in the series 158901 - 910.

Northern's 3-car units are the former North West Trains units (with ex-TPE centre cars) numbered 158752 - 759.
 
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sprinterguy said:
No; it's one of the ten former West Yorkshire PTE sponsored units, numbered in the series 158901 - 910.

Northern's 3-car units are the former North West Trains units (with ex-TPE centre cars) numbered 158752 - 759.
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Ah! The former Metro liveried examples?
 
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I'd completely forgotten about those!

Curious history really, the 158s. Can't think of any other second gen unit fleet that's seen so many renumberings, reforms, and general messing about!
 
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BestWestern said:
I'd completely forgotten about those!

Curious history really, the 158s. Can't think of any other second gen unit fleet that's seen so many renumberings, reforms, and general messing about!
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The 150s have seen a bit of jiggery-pokery down the years in terms of hybrid reformations, but yeah, the 158s have seen an awful lot of permutations of hybrid formations (with 156 vehicles for a short while when new and later as 3-car hybrids with various operators, and with renumberings to suit). With the ex-TPE units in particular being converted to 159/1s, donating centre cars to Northern units or generally being moved around, some of the formations and a lot of the allocations are now quite mixed up!
 
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