NoOnesFool
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Northern drivers won't have the route knowledge that EMT require. Only a small amount of Northern drivers have route knowledge for South of Sheffield, and that is only to Nottingham, so for Norwich and even Robin Hood Line services, it would be a non-starter.There are lessons to be learnt from this.
It is possible for one company to hire resources from another. GA hires a Class 158 daily for a service from Norwich to Lowestoft and return. GA has also been known to hire Class 158s at short notice from EMT which would be stabled in the Norwich area should the route between Norwich and Ely / Peterborough be closed for engineering works.
East Coast have been borrowing HSTs from EMT on both a planned and short notice basis.
In terms of moving the stock to the right places needed by EMT the Northern drivers aren't on strike.
Where there is a will there is a way.