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Originally Posted by hstudent
The main advantages of Pacer trains over trams are a toilet and luggage and cycle space. Will tram-trains have these?
I doubt most stations between Sheffield and Huddersfield will have toilets and the trains are one per hour, it could potentially be a long wait for the toilet especially if a train's cancelled.....
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Where there's a will, there's a way!!
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Originally Posted by hstudent
....It'll be interesting to see if Northern want to use tram-trains on services which won't go in to cities with trams (Manchester, Sheffield) or plans for trams in the future (Liverpool, Leeds, York). It will also be interesting to see if other companies look at tram-trains such as East Midlands Trains, who serve Nottingham with newer trains.
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I can't see any train companies funding new trains, unless there is a viable reason (trains are knackered etc), Northern's only 'new' trains since privatisation are the 333's and they were ordered by Arriva before it was Northern. If the tram/trains are cheaper it would happen on local lines if needed I reckon.