(27 Oct 2023, 7:33 pm)Unber43 wrote If the 156's are only going from Newcastle - Nunthorpe surely most 156 can be doubled up

Aye, it's just the design more than anything. They were designed for long distance routes with limited stopping. Stuff like Glasgow to Oban / Mallaig on rural branch lines. They weren't too bad on the long distance Tyne Valley or Cumbria Loop services either really.

On paper out of the Class 15x trains, the Class 150 trains would be the best but there's problems with them at Hartlepool and they're shite but capacity wise they'd be the best.