Originally Posted by
ChrisO
I think you'd get more people back on the trains if Merseyrail stopped using those awful Class 142's on the City Line. Who on earth thought a 2-axle carriage without bogies would lend itself to a comfortable journey?
Sadly the train operating compaines do not control what stock they can use, the government do. Northerns franchise expires in 2013, there is no requirement (in the franchise) for new stock before then.
When they are replaced, I suspect a massive order will be placed, as Northern (as a whole) had been allocated 158 extra DMU carriages (and 24 extra electric) in addition to replacing life expired vehicles. These are all to be brand new and not cascaded down from other areas of the country.
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The Merseyrail northern and wirral line vehicles are leased until 2014, so I would expect an order for their replacement to be placed in late 2011.
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