Not to mention the lack of shore supplies meaning extra cold starts... Wonder how many engines have run out of hours because of that bit of early idiocy.
I’m still utterly bewildered as to why anyone in Abellio (a company that had never operated an HST) thought these were a good idea when every other franchise bid in the country seems to be based on new stock.
Would it have been a big enough order for anyone to be interested in building it at a reasonable price?