Class455
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Hello all,
Since I started studying in Huddersfield, I was wondering if LNER still planned to introduce direct services between London King's Cross and Huddersfield since they took over the franchise from VTEC (who previously said that they would be introducing this service) until I stumbled across this link tonight, which looks as though LNER are still planning to go ahead with the introduction of direct London to Huddersfield as well as London to Middlesbrough services
https://www.lner.co.uk/about-us/Better-connected-for-a-better-future/
I have the following questions about the direct London to Huddersfield services though:
Since I started studying in Huddersfield, I was wondering if LNER still planned to introduce direct services between London King's Cross and Huddersfield since they took over the franchise from VTEC (who previously said that they would be introducing this service) until I stumbled across this link tonight, which looks as though LNER are still planning to go ahead with the introduction of direct London to Huddersfield as well as London to Middlesbrough services
https://www.lner.co.uk/about-us/Better-connected-for-a-better-future/
I have the following questions about the direct London to Huddersfield services though:
- Will these trains run at a frequency of every 2 hours or will it be a peak time service only like the Harrogate and Bradford Forster Square routes are currently? (although LNER looks to be planning to increase the frequency to every 2 hours on the aforementioned routes)
- A long shot here, but when will these services commence? I suspect it won't be until December at the very earliest with all the delays to the Class 800's.
- What rolling stock is the service most likely to use? Since the platforms at Dewsbury and Huddersfield are most probably too short to fit a 9 car Class 800, I'm guessing that a five car Class 800/2 will be used, and if additional capacity is needed they can always attach another set at Leeds, or when heading away from Kings Cross split the train at Leeds, with the front 5 coaches terminating there and the rear 5 coaches continuing to Dewsbury and Huddersfield. This would only be viable if the service was running every two hours though.