tbtc
Veteran Member
(note, I'm not talking about *withdrawing* stock, just being replaced on a specific route)
What is the youngest stock to be replaced on a particular route by other trains (whether replaced by younger or replaced by older stock)?
For example the 170s doing Hull - London can only have been a couple of years old when replaced by brand new 222s, which were again only a few years old before replaced by (older) 180s.
SWT's 170s were fairly young when replaced by (older) 158s, the Gatwick 460s seemed pretty young to me when they started coming off the Gatwick service.
(for arguments sake, lets say that we are talking about the same TOC running a fairly similar service, to avoid arguments about Virgin Voyagers replaced by TPE 185s or the splitting up of ex Central Trains as that was more of a DfT decision and part of a bigger shake up)
What is the youngest stock to be replaced on a particular route by other trains (whether replaced by younger or replaced by older stock)?
For example the 170s doing Hull - London can only have been a couple of years old when replaced by brand new 222s, which were again only a few years old before replaced by (older) 180s.
SWT's 170s were fairly young when replaced by (older) 158s, the Gatwick 460s seemed pretty young to me when they started coming off the Gatwick service.
(for arguments sake, lets say that we are talking about the same TOC running a fairly similar service, to avoid arguments about Virgin Voyagers replaced by TPE 185s or the splitting up of ex Central Trains as that was more of a DfT decision and part of a bigger shake up)