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RE: Northern Rail

(24/03/2015 23:13)cx04axy Wrote:  Bit of a rare question this, anyone know if the pacers are coming off Chester to manc Piccadilly

The original plan was for 2 x 156s released off Manchester Airport-Liverpool to be used to replace 2 x 142 diagrams on the Mid-Cheshire line leaving meaning almost all Mid-Cheshire services would be 150s and 156s. An ECS between Newton Heath and Chester in the morning would have become and ECS between Allerton and Chester instead.

The 142s freed up would have gone to on to a Hazel Grove-Preston diagram, freeing up a 150 for the Todmorden changes.

However, then DfT came along and decided Northern could loan 6 x 156s to TPE to plug the gap, so plans changed and I'm not sure if the Mid-Cheshire line will still benefit from cascades.