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So, the standstill period ended, and Abellio has now been confirmed. Their press release does not give much more away at this stage though: https://www.abellio.com/news/ps600-million-improvements-east-midlands-railway-abellio-confirmed Key quotes (Which includes the one RealTrains07 posted a...

I reckon that's more or less it. Although I think the plan remains for the 321/322 fleet to go off-lease as planned in the coming months, so we'll see the 4-car 331s on Airedale and Wharfedale services to supplement the core 333 pool sooner rather than later. It appears to be December 2021 at...

It seemed really bright and airy when it was built--the 60s shed was much darker. A clean would make a big difference.

I remember going to an organised site visit during the Leeds 1st project back in 2000, where the team were proudly announcing how the new overall roof was going to be really easy to clean, hence the white tubular structure. I'm not sure that it's been cleaned once since completion.

Today could be the special day! Any news on this front?

Looks like we basically just said the same thing at the same time!

They were non-standard in body and layout as others have said, but also mechanically non-standard to the rest of the pacer fleet. Classes 142/3/4 were all fitted with standard new transmission and Cummins engines in the early 90s, but the 141s kept the original unreliable Leyland set up (except...

May timetable change is 8 weeks on Sunday. Not sure any 331 has even ventured east of the Pennines yet. Looks increasingly 'ambitious'...

Per post 28, 333011 went to Holbeck on 25 Feb. Not sure if any others are out?

To give LNER it's credit, I reckon that it knows how to properly introduce new trains. I get the sense that they are investing a great deal of effort and planning to get this right first time. Better to be over - prepared and deliver seemlessly, than do a half - baked rush job and end up with...

333001 now out in traffic. Here it is earlier today on the 1741 Leeds to Skipton departure.

333011 moved from Neville Hill to Holbeck depot at lunchtime today, led by 57 312 and with 37 601 at the rear. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K97580/2019/02/25/advanced

Ditto that. There are very few 'local' calls. XC inevitably serves commuter flows ibetween many cities, and does so across Yorkshire. Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield, York, Doncaster, Derby, Birmingham (I could go on) are all cities, that need intercity services, but also happen to have people...

So, a combination of information in Roger Ford's column in the December issue of Modern Railways, and the tweet linked below, appears to confirm that the solution to the electromagnetic interference issues is modifications to both the track and trains. 270 isolating surge protection units are...

Tweet from Network Rail regarding gauge clearance works to Dean Royd tunnel between Todmorden and Walsden. Includes couple of pictures.. https://twitter.com/TheGNRP/status/1065605470935752705 Last night, we completed work at the Victorian Dean Royd tunnel on the Calder Valley Line near...

The pod that these cash machines were located in is being removed. The similar pod further north (near Wetherspoons) was removed last week. I'm guessing this is all part of the capacity works (i.e. opening up more concourse space).

Yes, although bimode this week and EMU last week. They seem to be using the paths of the diagram that was withdrawn in August, which is a decent idea.

To get the thread back on topic, aside from the 'Azuma' moniker, and the various misgivings about the way the livery resolves around the noses, this is a rare modern example of a linear livery as highlighted in the pic at post at #352

Quite agree - easy to get lost in branding waffle : I'm all about the Hitachi AT300 all the way. http://www.hitachirail-eu.com/products/our-trains/at300-intercity-high-speed The fact that the 801 EMU versions have been in and out of Leeds fairly regularly over the last few days provides some...

Indeed - the surprise seems to be that anyone realistically thought some of this stuff could be delivered so quickly and easily- especially with so many new types. There's something structural at present (starting with DfT) about over-promising. To that end, I think the TOCs find themselves in...