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Northern Unit Refurbishments and depot allocations.

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Is there any plan at all to fully refurbish the 3-car 158s with Fainsa flat cloth seats as they’ve been in their current state since about 2017?
The old Arriva management did plan to replace the seats at a later date (sadly IMO, especially in the MS vehicles which still have the extra padding in the seats added by Northern Spirit for TransPennine services). Although the Operator of Last Resort has now taken over, I assume the changes will still happen, though they might be delayed by the current situation.
 

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Is there any plan at all to fully refurbish the 3-car 158s with Fainsa flat cloth seats as they’ve been in their current state since about 2017?
The 3 cars are on the radar our head of the refurb project asked for images of the interiors as they're all slightly different from the seat moquette to the grab handles
 

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Some of the 158s will probably still be coming back with the flat cloth, as stocks are used up, but there was an internal announcement recently that going forward all units will get moquette.
 

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156480 was at Neville Hill yesterday 10.05.20 8-)
156 480 ( isnt it in Royal Airforce blue) was a Heaton allocated unit. I'm not aware of any 156 duties from Nevill hill since the last timetable change although crews still sign them. Perhaps there going to return post pacer.
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156 480 ( isnt it in Royal Airforce blue) was a Heaton allocated unit. I'm not aware of any 156 duties from Nevill hill since the last timetable change although crews still sign them. Perhaps there going to return post pacer.
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Units from "foreign" depots can appear at Neville Hill for a multitude of reasons. Examples include having been put on a late service from Man Vic or the like overnight (doesn't have to have booked work to end up on it) and needs fuelling or to go through the wheel lathe (as Heaton doesn't have one and is why 156s have ended up on NL during the many years 156s didnt have work in Yorkshire) amongst others
 

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Neville Hill & Wolverton 12/05
Both Caped on the 12th. New schedules in for the 14th.
Timed for 75mph so unlikely to be a 158.
 
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Both Caped on the 12th. New schedules in for the 14th.
Timed for 75mph so unlikely to be a 158.
You never know. 158’s quite happily work to 75mph schedules. The Leeds - Skipton part of Carlisle services is and they’re booked for 158’s.
 

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Both Caped on the 12th. New schedules in for the 14th.
Timed for 75mph so unlikely to be a 158.
Nevill hill to Wolverton cancelled (again).
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STP moves 16/05

 

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STP moves 16/05

Real headcodes as follows:
5Q12 1114 Eastleigh to Heaton
5J00 1039 Crewe to Newton Heath
5Z25 1404 Newton Heath to Crewe
5N31 1003 Wolverton to Newton Heath
5Z17 0941 Crewe to Neville Hill
 

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Holbeck are doing internal refurbishments of 156s now theyve finished the 333s.
Also northern have been sending units to Freightliner Midland Rd for tyre turning I believe
 

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These must be the former ATN ones which have only received an internal repaint and compliant toilet? The Porterbrook and ex Scotrail ones are having a full refurb at Wolverton and Eastleigh respectively.
 

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