Northern Rail

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RE: Northern Rail

(21/05/2015 22:20)St Helens Rider Wrote:  142's have generally until the timetable change only appeared on the Wigan line at peak hours - it was mostly 156's during most of the day.

Preston - Blackpool electrification is scheduled for completion in May 2017. Current plans are that when the 6 319's are ready, the Liverpool - Blackpool will be cut back to Preston for about 18 months until the wires to Blackpool are ready.

To be fair it's generally that time of day I have used services on the Wigan line (usually to St Helens Central) - so that explains why I seemed to get more Pacers than anything else. I've had a few Class 142s on that line at weekends as well - albeit coupled up to another 142 or a Class 156

From what Childwallblues said earlier in this thread the extra six Class 319/3s will be ready to enter traffic in September