Lancashire Triangle Electrification

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RE: Lancashire Triangle Electrification

(22/10/2013 15:44)507022 Wrote:  

(22/10/2013 12:18)wirralbus Wrote:  How often do we see four car 156 operation in the Liverpool area on local services ?

Just been checking and these Class 319 units are shorter than the Class 156 units , if these electric units cause an upsurge in traffic some flows are going suffer.

Aren't these EMUs going to work Liverpool to Wigan & Manchester?
If only 10 are coming up north as has been mentioned here previously, then there's hardly going to be enough for too much multiple working anyway.
The only 4 cars on these lines at the moment seem to be at peak times, and not too many of them, and 6 cars are unheard of!
4 cars should suffice, particularly as most journeys made now seem to be short, local ones.
However all this obviously depends on the frequency of the new electric services

There are 86 x 4 car Class 319 units. As far as I was aware the original intention was to send the standard class only units (319361-86) north but that may have changed. The electrification from Manchester to Leeds/York/Selby may see many more appear. Also there will be 41 Class 365 going spare when Peterborough/Kings Lynn to King Cross becomes part of Thameslink.
319s are shorter than 156s (20m as opposed to 23m).