"Greater Manchester commuters to benefit from more train carriages"

[tbtc]

Is it true that the majority of the DMU cascaded by the use of the EMU on the lines of useage in West Yorkshire, in that particular re-allocation, would still remain on other parts of the eastern side of the Pennines that needed fleet strengthening there? As far as I know, only two or three of these DMU were intended to strengthen peak-hour services on the Caldervale line.

The real benefit will be Northern running their existing services properly. Reliability problems with the 321s (plus the fact that only a 321 can rescue a 321, meaning if two are out of order the third unit has to be idle), so the Doncaster - Leeds service is often DMU run.

Since there are no "spare" DMUs that means taking three coach 158s off the Caldervale line (to deputise for a four coach EMU), which means putting a two coach DMU on that, and therefore shortening another service from two units down to one...

So, just having sufficient EMUs to run the current EMU-diagrammed services will mean a few lines don't have to have short formed services.

There is also the benefit of a few DMUs being diagrammed to run services which are wholly under the wires, which should spare a unit to run on the Caldervale line for much of the day.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Some of these units are now running with what just seems the seat fabric (heavily creased) on the moulded base, as the original seat pads seems to have totally disintigrated in many cases, Is there a seat pad replacement programme due in the near future for the Class 323 units on the South Manchester lines?

 

[northwichcat]

Some of these units are now running with what just seems the seat fabric (heavily creased) on the moulded base, as the original seat pads seems to have totally disintigrated in many cases, Is there a seat pad replacement programme due in the near future for the Class 323 units on the South Manchester lines?

If you're referring to the 323s with purple First Group colour seat covers they are in the process of being refreshed. If you're meaning the refreshed 323s still have worn down seat padding then no it won't be done up again.

 

[YorkshireBear]

The 322 cascade to leeds benefits the calverdale line because there are currently DMU diagrams on the electric routes. These will all be lost with the DMUS being peak additions to DMU routes along the calverdale line.

ID like to see sheffield to leeds via barnsley get more carriges but i dont believe the sheffield to leeds via kirkgate needs it as much.