David Goddard
Established Member
At this moment in time, I think the notional old train/new split is, as others have said, pretty much aligned with the time of privatisation. The well documented 1,064 day hiatus in new train orders reinforces this split, at a time when designs moved forward and new manufacturers came into play.
Therefore, any BR era train can be considered "old" while trains ordered by the privatised operators and their ROSCOS are still "new".
I expect it will be another ten years (probably once the Sprinters have all gone and we have another generation of stock with us) until we start to see any of this post privatisation stock classed as old.
Therefore, any BR era train can be considered "old" while trains ordered by the privatised operators and their ROSCOS are still "new".
I expect it will be another ten years (probably once the Sprinters have all gone and we have another generation of stock with us) until we start to see any of this post privatisation stock classed as old.
