(25 Nov 2014, 12:29 pm)Scott wrote Trains are often busy on Match days, so check when Newacstle and Sunderland are playing at home and you may see a link.
In some cases a simpe allocation of a class 156 instead of a class 142 removes the need from joining 2 trains together to provide peak cover. I occasionally see a class 142 and a class 156 working together, which puzzles me as they are completly different.
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(24 Nov 2014, 5:30 pm)tyresmoke wrote I don't think they do on the Windermere branch either but that's due to be done I believe!http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-30238130
(29 Nov 2014, 5:03 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rail-...e-district
More on the electrification.
What I find strange, is that TPE were part of the team behind the business plan, (yet with the franchise possibly going elsewhere prior to the 2017 date that has been mentioned for completion of the electrification) - they may not get to run a service on it.
Essentially seeing another toc benefiting from their hard work and enterprise.
(12 Dec 2014, 10:19 pm)Andreos1 wrote Looks like the replacements for the pacers have been identified.
Not ScotRail stock either!
http://m.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1166...on_claims/
(21 Dec 2014, 9:38 am)leestransportphotos wrote Personally I hope the Pacers are withdrawn pretty soon, and we get some 158's they are my favourite Northern train, and I'd love to see them in the North East
(30 Dec 2014, 7:38 pm)northern156 wrote 158s won't happen. Some occasionally go to Heaton for overhauls and major exams but putting them into service would require a lot of crew training.
If you're saying 142s should be gone, this will do nothing but decrease the chances of 158s to be in the north east - 142s are used pretty well across the Northern region, Manchester, Preston, Leeds etc all heavily use them as well as 158s.
I've heard a rumour that ex-London D87 tube stock are going to be totally remade into 2, 3 and 4-car DMUs which would be used for 142 replacements. However this is just a rumour I've heard.
Would like to throw it into the topic that I quite like 142s. The engine sounds on some are brilliant and more importantly, they're unique - I'm hoping a few will be preserved when they eventually go.