I noticed on a news report there was a class 150 parked in the York Bay platform , where normally the horrific pile of scrap on wheels ( Pacer ) usually stops .
So at a guess that was Northern's idea of an upgrade.
The only way to get rid of pacers is to send a load to Southwest Railways territory, swap our pacers for their class 158/9 and see how long ' Southern ' users accept a glorified frieght wagon based on technology that was last in common use before the birth of the Queen .
Them and upto the class 150 are an utter insult given the cost of tickets .
Not to mention to get from my local station to Doncaster is 45 mins, or 15 by car !.
They may well have saved branch lines years ago , but they are boyind redemption now .
And the lunacy continues by taking 40 odd year old tube stock and turning those into the next pacer !. Only in the UK...