(Today, 12:48 am)ALavery wrote True. Although if they did go with CAF the 196/7 in a three or 4 car variant would be sufficient, they’d probably be classified as something else though considering TOPS is all over the place nowadays. Do alstom even do any DMU’s on the UK market anymore?

It’d be great to see some flirts but I don’t think bi-modes would be worth the bother as the only wires are between Central and Benton on the northumberland line and none on the Durham coast. Maybe batteries would be a solution but then again, not a large area to charge up with. I just really hope northern see sense and order stock with gangways especially for the NE with the way passenger numbers fluctuate here and would provide the ability to provide extra trains when needed because being stuck in a heaving train with no way to get to the other half empty train is hell lmao.

Aye totally.

Truthfully from all the rumours going around I wouldn't be surprised if there's very little new trains up here, to the extreme it might be only the Ashington and Morpeth routes since they've got some wires. 

There's a lot of talk that the Class 195's are coming to Heaton with those being displaced by new trains down there instead with them doing pretty much everything since we've got the least wires out of anywhere. 

It's nothing new that we just get lumped with all the old stuff.