(16 Oct 2024, 9:18 am)PH - BQA wrote Durham needs newer stock too, can’t just keep sending Northumbria's oldest stock there. 

Equally, the remaining 2014-5 E400s in Northumbria have had a particularly hard life and are now generally used on more relaxed work. 

Obviously Blyth don’t have any MMCs, so I’m not sure on the benefit of that over the E400s they currently have? Redcar have MMCs, so it’s not as if there aren’t any south of the Tyne.

Well it would mean:

- All Ashington services would be fully E400MMC operated including the extra PVR for the X21/35 & X22

- All E400MMCs kept at nearby depots (Blyth & Ashington)

- Gearboxes the same on all classic E400's (ZF) for commonality in Durham & Tees

Fair enough about Redcar using some of Ashington's MMC's, but they're a subfleet deployed at Redcar / Whitby for a specific purpose which is the X93.