For the question of 323s staying with Northern - see here.
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/rumours-of-all-323s-to-now-go-to-northern.161365/
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/rumours-of-all-323s-to-now-go-to-northern.161365/
A Stoke to Manchester was showing 2-car this morning on Journey Check. While not entirely specific to 319s, was this error or did a DMU actually work it?
'Journey Check' says that the 1156 Stoke to Piccadilly is being operated by a two-car something-or-other, so there's nearly half-an-hour available for someone to get to Picc to see what's going on. Actually, 'Journey Check' says that the situation is going to continue for the rest of the diagram.
Glad one created this thread under Allocations, Diagrams and Timetables. Do 323s have any booked workings to Blackpool North?
The issue at present is that only Lime Street crews sign both the 323s and the route from Huyton north to Wigan and Preston
Lime Street sign to Blackpool too, but the issue north of Wigan is that a large number of crew diagrams are split at Wigan or Preston on the LIV-BPN runs so it gets very complicated as Preston to Blackpool route is signed by Blackpool, Liverpool, Blackburn, Wigan, Victoria and Buxton crews (Not sure if Leeds do aswell), and it's only Liverpool and Buxton that sign 323sIs Preston the limit of where Lime Street crews go - i.e. not to Blackpool?
323s do manage to get to Wigan, but only if there happens to be a driver around who's trained on 323s. Oh for the days when a GWR 'Hall' could accidentally finish up at Huddersfield.