So just to remind myself, the 185s are planned to be doubled up on the Airport to Cleethorpes runs, and the IEPs on the Airport/Liverpool to Glasgow/Edinburgh services, and the MK5a sets on the services to Scarborough and presumably Middlesbrough?
So what are the 397s for? Are they for the proposed ECML runs to Edinburgh?
As I recall this is how the stock is supposed to be used:
Class 397 - Liverpool/Manchester - Glasgow/Edinburgh via West Coast Mainline
Class 802 - Liverpool/Manchester - Newcastle/Edinburgh via East Coast Mainline
Class 68 & Mark 5 - Liverpool/Manchester - Leeds/York/Scarborough and Middlesbrough
Class 185 (double formations) - Manchester - Hull/Cleethorpes/Huddersfield(?)
I'm not sure if i might have missed anything there.