bramling
Veteran Member
Pure speculation but I think it could be possible for C2C to retain the 6x387 and compiment it with 15x387/1 from Great Northern allowing the entire 365 fleet to remain with GN when the 700’s arrives.
Works on paper - 15x 387 replaced with potentially 21x365. Whether it would be politically acceptable to ditch 'new' trains so soon is a matter for debate -- a lot of GN users clearly prefer the 365s, but the 387s do have some features the 365s lack. A political sweetener could be to fit wi-fi and plug sockets to the 365s, perhaps air conditioning too.