(29 May 2026, 11:21 am)sPH - BQA wrote You'd think, given the state of the current fleet, some urgency would be applied to get the new E400s out in service. A decent chunk of the E400s have been delivered for a week now and pictures posted on social media would indicate that they still haven't had any vinyls applied or ticket machines installed.

They're at depots where camera mirror vehicles already operate too, so it isn't as if any additional familiarisation should be required. Get some ticket machines on, get them in service, get the 57-plate death traps to the baked bean tin factory.

As already stated, at least the 5 already delivered to Blyth are supposedly going on-loan for use on the Sliverstone GP Shuttles in a few weeks time. And so far, only 2 of the examples for Whitby have been delivered with the second, 7727 (YY26 FTA) only arriving on Wednesday. The quicker Whitby's arrive and enter service, the quicker the remaining B9s can be released to Blackburn for refurbishment before transfer to Ashington.