Northern Rail

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RE: Northern Rail

(21/05/2015 17:18)wirralbus Wrote:  So already it looks like the timetable change seems to have brought some passengers back some pacers to the Liverpool - Blackpool North service , up until the timetable change 142's did seem to be a rarity.

I wouldn't say that Class 142s were necessarily a rarity on the route prior to the recent timetable change. The last time I travelled on it (in either March or April IIRC) the service was operated by a 142 coupled up to a Class 156 - and prior to that it was generally (but not always) a 142. Nevertheless I think it's good to see that 142s are still operating in the North West - albeit for nostalgia reasons

The Liverpool Lime Street-Blackpool North route will remain in the hands of DMUs until at least May 2016 - when Preston-Blackpool electrification is scheduled for completion