if you lease a car, when its lease period ends they expect it to have had the recommended services, that the bodywork is free from unrepaired damage and everything works, so it can go into the auction for reselling.
If defects are found then you get a fat bill.
So with trains, when they go back to the ROSCO, what is the deal? because we read of trains having to be brought back up to standard by the new owners to make them fit for use.
Are trains supposed to go off lease in good condition? and are TOC's getting away with chucking back trains in poor condition?
I know some trains have no chance of further work, like the Pacers which will (probably) be scrapped this year, so a special arrangement may be possible in such cases case.
Or am I being daft expecting train leasing being the same as car leasing?
(I was prompted to post this by comments on this forum about 319's having defects inherited from their Thameslink days)
If defects are found then you get a fat bill.
So with trains, when they go back to the ROSCO, what is the deal? because we read of trains having to be brought back up to standard by the new owners to make them fit for use.
Are trains supposed to go off lease in good condition? and are TOC's getting away with chucking back trains in poor condition?
I know some trains have no chance of further work, like the Pacers which will (probably) be scrapped this year, so a special arrangement may be possible in such cases case.
Or am I being daft expecting train leasing being the same as car leasing?
(I was prompted to post this by comments on this forum about 319's having defects inherited from their Thameslink days)