Northern Rail

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Northern Rail

(12/01/2015 19:07)childwallblues Wrote:  6 X Class 156 are to transfer on loan to TPE as replacements for Class 170s going to Chiltern. They will operate as pairs taking over three Manchester Airport to Blackpool North diagrams.

So Chiltern get the 170's and Northern lose arguably the highest standard diesel stock on this side of the Pennines. Hope there's an admin error and eithet Chiltern or TPE end up with 142's. An absolute scandal. As a regular user of the 156's, I definitely appreciate the quality if these units.