Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
Potentially they could do something like give the Manchester-Huddersfield-wherever stopping services back to Northern, releasing 185s to strengthen TPE services, with DMUs released to do that by reducing under-wires running on Northern by simplifying services.
Precisely how remains to be seen, but there is a fair bit of under-wires DMU running on Northern that could be rationalised out i.e. split into two services, a DMU bit and an EMU bit. One is Barrow/Windermere though there are others and it remains to be seen which they will choose.
I would bet on the EMUs under discussion being 365s, the Government own them outright (no lease costs) and so might as well do something with them! They generally seem popular units.
It's a bit of a complex web though!
Precisely how remains to be seen, but there is a fair bit of under-wires DMU running on Northern that could be rationalised out i.e. split into two services, a DMU bit and an EMU bit. One is Barrow/Windermere though there are others and it remains to be seen which they will choose.
I would bet on the EMUs under discussion being 365s, the Government own them outright (no lease costs) and so might as well do something with them! They generally seem popular units.
It's a bit of a complex web though!