(03 Oct 2016, 8:50 pm)Kuyoyo wrote There is no 'new' stock - this is just a contract extension.
All that is happening is 221144 is to be reformed with two of the 5 car sets reduced to 4 car
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/09/...irmed.html
"The DfT has also referred to a '£20 million Government investment in more modern trains', but no details have yet been revealed."
Furthermore:
https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/abo...ain-travel
- 35 per cent increase in seating capacity in critical evening peak on principal routes
- at-seat catering on all routes for all passengers and not just First Class
- radical improvements in ticketing and reservation booking, including home printing of tickets and tickets by mobile phone, with discounted tickets available much closer to the start of travel
- investment in improved rolling stock, with all other trains refurbished to the standard of the popular Voyagers
- the reintroduction of HSTs to provide 550-seat trains on busy routes
- Wi-Fi available to all Voyager and HST passengers, free in First Class