WatcherZero
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No, all those already to be leased.
Yes, the rest of their plans remain unchanged. Some of the 319s that Northern were origanally planning to take on are becoming bi-modes.Are Northern still proceeding with the order for brand new EMUs & DMUs to work alongside 319s?
386 going for heavy maintenance.
319386 came back a couple of days ago from Hornsey Depot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgrkMDgyTkA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTERKsMybI8
Nice vids. After I watched these, another appeared of 319.451 being hauled to Long Marsden (by antman).
Can anyone confirm the whereabouts of 319.450 and 319.452 please?
Could have sworn I saw 319.453 at Herne Hill early this morning - in service, was I seeing things....!?
In a nice way, yes. 319453 was collected yesterday and is reporting its location well off Thameslink.
It wasn't carried a passenger since it came off lease to GTR on Friday night.
20 is all that Northern currently have in passenger traffic.
Abrail is my quick way of looking.
http://www.abrail.co.uk/emuformations.htm
Abrail is my quick way of looking.
http://www.abrail.co.uk/emuformations.htm
20 is all that northern currently have in passenger traffic.
150 - until further notice (additional ex-GWR units to join 3rd Qtr 2017... apparently)
Latest news is they won't arrive in September 2017 as planned but will arrive in time for the May 2018 timetable change.
There's also doubt over whether the 3 x LM 150s will join with LM getting 153s from GWR as replacement and a suggestion that GWR could release more 150s and keep all their 153s for now.
Just what Northern don't need!
With the current slow progress of making trains TSI PRM ready for 2020, we now find out that a least 20 units are arriving without TSI PRM with ONLY 19 months left to fit it.
The fact that pacers are having money spent on them tells everyone they are going to withdrawn much much later than originally planned!
As the formation featured in the video has presumably come off the Wigan line, it must be forming the 2003 Wigan NW - Liverpool Lime Street, which is always an 8-car set (including Saturdays), with the front unit (only) available for passenger use. It is formed from the the stock of the 1900 ex Lime Street (front unit) and 1832 ex Lime Street (rear unit).
http://www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=2636292&postcount=4350
All the workings mentioned in the link continue as 8-car sets to/from Allerton depot. There are other 8-car workings to/from Allerton but the units split/combine at Lime Street.
The 1930 Preston to Liverpool 2028 service is also formed of 8 cars.
Another northern 319 seems to have escaped. 319363 was sitting at Wolverton about to be attached to an 08 to get into the works a few minutes ago.