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Yes thgey are in Good Condition as i was on 158 773 on the Last Saturday of the Central Trains Operation on the 19.12 Service from Hunts Cross to Liverpool Lime Street and was quite impresed of how good the condion of them are since leaving TPE.
With regrads to the Late running of some Journeys on the Liverpool - Norwich Route i beleve that it is more to do with Northern Services in Manchester than the use of a Class 170.
The reson being that from what i can work out is that the Northern Local Stopping Services from Manchester Oxford Road Becomes Delayed as last night they said it was due to a Mecanical Problem which i assume was that the 142 unit needed water so therefore this is delayed between 10 and 20 Minutes.
Then they decide that this service must go out first becuase Northern whant the revenue so they decide to delay the Express Service to let the Stopping Service go first to pick up the world and his missues this way Northern makes there service look more profitable which really is false economy.
I allways wait for the 19.12 from Hunts Cross to Liverpool Lime Street even if its late and the 19.06 Northern Service comes in first as there is always room for my bike on a 158 and that i do like to travel on Something Different and Decent plus it genarly gets in Lime St Before the Stopper so well worth the extra wait.
As it certanly was last night as there was a Stagecoach South West Trains 158 Numbered 883 (2 CAR) on the 19.12 service last night and Very nice indeed it was Top Quality Refurbishment which seems like its a taste of things to come.
So it definitly Looks like Stagecoach will refrubish the ex Central Trains 158's first but yet they may be swopped for the ones already done for SWT and Just change the Lettering.
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