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olliethe153

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Since the Stagecoach EMT franchise is ending on the 18th of this month, and Abellio taking over, will EMR keep the 222s or replace them with 802 IETs/Azumas?
 
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olliethe153 said:
Since the Stagecoach EMT franchise is ending on the 18th of this month, and Abellio taking over, will EMR keep the 222s or replace them with 802 IETs/Azumas?
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I thought they were replacing HSTs and 222s with new 5-car bi-modes.
 
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olliethe153 said:
Since the Stagecoach EMT franchise is ending on the 18th of this month, and Abellio taking over, will EMR keep the 222s or replace them with 802 IETs/Azumas?
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As @hexagon789 says, but it will be 3 years away so plenty mileage left in Class 222s on the Midland Mainline.
 
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Both the HST’s and the 222’s are being replaced by a new model of the AT300. They’ll have 4 underfloor engines per 5 car (instead of the current 3) and will be 24m length car’s instead of 26m.

The problem is they’re replacing them all with 5 car units and intend on doubling them up however most people agree that they’ve not ordered enough units.
 
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ohgoditsjames said:
Both the HST’s and the 222’s are being replaced by a new model of the AT300. They’ll have 4 underfloor engines per 5 car (instead of the current 3) and will be 24m length car’s instead of 26m.

The problem is they’re replacing them all with 5 car units and intend on doubling them up however most people agree that they’ve not ordered enough units.
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how's that going to work? EMT has 30 HSTs which i'm guessing means 15 sets (6/8 car) and 30 222s (mostly 5 car) and their replacing all those with 33 5 carriage AT300s and, if the 2 citations on wikipedia are right, 4 5 carriage 180s from hull trains. they definitely haven't ordered enough trains. i'm guessing their going by the bare minimum under the franchise agreement, may be wrong though.
 
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Murray J said:
how's that going to work? EMT has 30 HSTs which i'm guessing means 15 sets (6/8 car) and 30 222s (mostly 5 car) and their replacing all those with 33 5 carriage AT300s and, if the 2 citations on wikipedia are right, 4 5 carriage 180s from hull trains. they definitely haven't ordered enough trains. i'm guessing their going by the bare minimum under the franchise agreement, may be wrong though.
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There’s another thread that has dealt with these questions. We really don’t need another.

Perhaps lock this one?
 
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