Goldfish62
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Thanks for the explanation!It's because SWR are doing the Desiro repaints 'in-house' themselves which means only Bournemouth is available .
TOC's will often use contractors such as Northern using Arriva train care. As Arriva operate across multiple sites (Crew, Eastleigh, Bristol etc.) 5 units can be taken off having their internal and externals done at the same time dramatically reducing time taken.
I hope that makes sense!
I do recall that when the programme started it was reported as being planned to take three years. However covid and social distancing have got in the way without seemingly any solution to enable painting to be sped up.