(15 Feb 2024, 7:42 am)RobinHood wrote From what I have heard, 7578, 7579, 7580 and 7581 are all planned to permanently transfer to Redcar at Easter, with the B7s going to scrap.
It requires the E300s to all go into service at Darlington first, to kick off a regionwide cascade plan, but apparently it's been approved and depot managers are aware.
Obviously makes complete sense to send 10+ year old saloons north to replace 1 year old deckers which are used on demanding express services.