When penny-pinching new Northern Rail franchise took over from Arriva back in late 2004, they reduced capacity on the Harrogate line considerably by terminating the Class 37 hauled service.
Now, after 2 years of overcrowding, Northern have finally got their act together and reversed their cuts to the service by leasing more trains. Northern are, of course, claiming credit for this although the funding has come from other sources including Metro and Yorkshire Forward, in contrast with Arriva who funded the 37s.
Other lines will also benefit.
The press release, with a heavy dose of spin is at http://www.northernrail.org/images/...e Seating Brings Peak Relief to West Yor….pdf
They will hope that commuters have forgotten the cuts they brought in 2 years ago so that this can all be seen as new capacity.
I believe the additional units are 158s (obviously, these will displace other units such as pacers to work to places like Harrogate)
Now, after 2 years of overcrowding, Northern have finally got their act together and reversed their cuts to the service by leasing more trains. Northern are, of course, claiming credit for this although the funding has come from other sources including Metro and Yorkshire Forward, in contrast with Arriva who funded the 37s.
Other lines will also benefit.
The press release, with a heavy dose of spin is at http://www.northernrail.org/images/...e Seating Brings Peak Relief to West Yor….pdf
They will hope that commuters have forgotten the cuts they brought in 2 years ago so that this can all be seen as new capacity.
I believe the additional units are 158s (obviously, these will displace other units such as pacers to work to places like Harrogate)