(29 May 2023, 4:39 pm)RobinHood wrote That's great, but I can assure you, the people who advise me of these things are much higher up than drivers or local depot staff.

Although not 100% guaranteed, they are either withdrawing them from service, or moving the entire batch to Runcorn.

You would think perhaps the Runcorn move would make more sense. 

Given that they recently halted the repaint programme half way through as they considered whether they should be withdrawn, the fact they resumed and have worked their way through repainting the rest (assuming 4808 is heading off) suggests that there must be some longer-term plan for them within the group.