"1000 extra seats" on transpennine through sheffield on Saturdays

[treasury brain]

https://x.com/benmiskell/status/1922316017889370394

According to sheffield council's chair of transport, transpennine will provide 1000 extra seats on the southern route on Saturdays. I assume this will be done by doubling more 185's after the timetable change, but does anyone have any info on how many more will be doubled, and where they are getting them from

 

[Mcr Warrior]

So, is that maybe the one additional three car Class 185 unit, running three times (each way) through Sheffield, on a Saturday?

 

[generalnerd]

1000 extra seats is not hard to achieve, it’s maybe just 2/3 extra services or a few doubled up trains per day.

 

[yorksrob]

Still good news if they can keep it up.

 

[dk1]

Modern Railways (May issue) has already mentioned this in the usual twice yearly round up of the national timetable changes.

 

[Tetchytyke]

1000 seats is roughly six extra doubled up trains per day, so three in each direction. Depending on scheduling they can probably do that with one more unit!

 

[dk1]

1000 seats is roughly six extra doubled up trains per day, so three in each direction. Depending on scheduling they can probably do that with one more unit!

Which I recall is exactly what MR mag stated.

 

[alistairlees]

I'm surprised they didn't say 1 million extra seats on Saturdays over the next 20 years