Presumably when whichever works is refurbishing them for Grand Central is ready for them. TfW have 2 Mk4 rakes (half of what was BN23, ditto BN24) in Eastleigh at the moment; it would make sense for GC to refurbish their Mk4s there too. GC will, however, have more coaches per rake (7 passenger veh's + a DVT) than TfW (4 passenger veh's + DVT) if I recall, so their work might take longer to complete.
Thought the 90's were often referred as Skodas?
Please don't knock ladas, I had two and they're the only cars that I ever sold for more than I paid for them lol.(to the Russians mind you).
It was coaches from BN29 with DVT 82231
I doubt a class 91 load 8 will accelerate faster than the Avanti services
As noted above that's a historical nickname. Greater Anglia's class 90s and mark 3 rakes were achieving 58323 miles between technical incidents in the year to October 2018, more reliable than any other inter-city fleet in the country, and streets ahead of 17009 miles per technical incident being achieved by LNER's class 91s and mark 4s during the same period.
I'm confused as to how that's relevant to this thread? Grand Central are using class 90s with five mark 4s, not class 91s on load 8, and Hitachi AT-300s will be in the minority on the WCML.
Ahhh..i thought i read early in the thread the formation would be a Class 91, 7 mk4s and a DVT.
Ah righto. The initially approved application, in June 2018, was for class 91s with six mark 4s and a DVT, but there's been some chopping and changing gone on since then.
The 91s were super Skodas
