Should LNER have withdrawn HSTs first?

[Roavin]

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #16 originally in this thread.

Wouldn't it be more logical to get rid of the 43s first?

 

[Darandio]

Wouldn't it be more logical to get rid of the 43s first?

Not really, they aren't restricted to electrified routes only. This offers LNER greater flexibility during the transition period.

 

[Roavin]

Not really, they aren't restricted to electrified routes only. This offers LNER greater flexibility during the transition period.

As far as I know a. LNER only run on electrified routes anyway and b. The 91s accelerate quicker than the 43s.

 

[Darandio]

As far as I know a. LNER only run on electrified routes anyway and b. The 91s accelerate quicker than the 43s.

LNER don't run solely on electrified routes. Like I said, the HST offers greater flexibility.

 

[Roavin]

LNER don't run solely on electrified routes. Like I said, the HST offers greater flexibility.

Where do they run that ain't electrified?

 

[ash39]

Off topic but Harrogate, Hull, Inverness & Aberdeen for starters

 

[NoMorePacers]

Lincoln as well. Also if trains need to divert via Ely, via Lincolnshire, via Sherburn-in-Elmet or via the Tyne Valley to name a few, HSTs can traverse those lines since they are unelectrified.

 

[Darandio]

Where do they run that ain't electrified?

Edit* Beaten to it above!

 

[Roavin]

Oh yeah I forgot about Hull lol

 

[NoMorePacers]

Oh yeah I forgot about Hull lol

How dare you! Outrageous!

 

[swt_passenger]

Where do they run that ain't electrified?

Inverness, Aberdeen, Hull, Harrogate, Lincoln, Sunderland (wrong type of electricity!), and maybe more...

 

[59CosG95]

Inverness, Aberdeen, Hull, Harrogate, Lincoln, Sunderland (wrong type of electricity!), and maybe more...

The GN/GE (when on diversion), the Durham Coast Line (when on diversion), and the route via Cambridge, Ely & March (when on diversion).

 

[cactustwirly]

Not really, they aren't restricted to electrified routes only. This offers LNER greater flexibility during the transition period.

Nor are the 800s which can also run on unelectrified routes, but the lease on 8 of the MK4 sets expires the soonest as these are heading to TfW and Alliance rail.

 

[alholmes]

Where do they run that ain't electrified?

Inverness, Aberdeen, Lincoln, Hull, Harrogate, Sunderland

 

[cosmo]

Inverness, Aberdeen, Lincoln, Hull, Harrogate, Sunderland

Sunderland's just the wrong kind of electricity, as mentioned above

LNER can also divert via the Tyne Valley when NR do the yearly ECML works up north.

 

[Ianno87]

Sunderland's just the wrong kind of electricity, as mentioned above

Plus the gap between Gateshead and Pelaw too....

 

[randyrippley]

Oh yeah I forgot about Hull lol

Easy to do

 

[Chester1]

Isn't the another reason that the power supply upgrade is behind schedule and not all the electric services planned for December 2019 can be supported?

 

[hexagon789]

Isn't the another reason that the power supply upgrade is behind schedule and not all the electric services planned for December 2019 can be supported?

It's enough to support all LNER trains running as electric I believe, I think it's only TPE who are affected until the upgrade is made.