(21 Dec 2021, 12:54 pm)54APhotography wrote The 156 overhaul was done on the cheap and the 158s are ruined, most seats are dead and the general state is patched up. They aren't ideal for the line and cast offs from elsewhere really isn't appropriate.
Must admit I haven't been on them in awhile so can't really say what they're like lately. Least we dodged the Class 150 and Class 319/769 though, two absolutely awful types of trains beyond refurbs.
It's a shame they didn't get a decent refurb like the Welsh trains though, credit to Arriva for once.