WMT might be persuaded to keep some of them if they were taking over Birmingham - Manchester services. Dito XC if they were going to split the Manchester service. After that it's a big stretch to see any operator taking them on for OHL services.Never never say never. There will be a time where a rail operator will take a chance on the 350/2s. The reason why? To save money.
They would've been ideal for GWR, but they now have the 387s. So unless another Electrostar operator was desperate to get hold of GWRs 387s, it is not going to happen.
At a pinch, and for a suitably low price, perhaps ScotRail would be interested. Siemens could maintain them alongside the 380s and, as different generations of the Desiro, I imagine there is a fair degree of similarity between them. They'd probably end up being reduced to 3 cars so that they could replace 318s and the worst of the 320s. Unlikely, as I'm sure ScotRail would prefer a single fleet to replace the 318, 320 and possibly even the 334. Depends how desperate Porterbrook is.
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