Northern Trains Ltd

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RE: Northern Trains Ltd

(02/01/2021 20:28)Metroline1511 Wrote:  I wonder how many units short Northern are, given that the 142s have been withdrawn but the 769s not yet entered service?

Depends how you define 'short'. Northern aren't running a full service on some routes, which they are claiming is down to driver shortages, so ideally on those routes the service before or after the missing service should have extra capacity. However, that isn't happening in some cases.

It should also be noted some services/extensions which should have been added in at the December 2017 or December 2019 timetable changes have not been. For instance, additional Greenbank to Manchester services, additional Macclesfield to Manchester services, a new Liverpool to Bradford service, extension of 2 Victoria services to Manchester Airport. With the exception of the 769s Northern have received the additional units they need for those services, so it's unlikely they don't have enough trains to run everything but it may be some services have fewer seats than is ideal.