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Northern Rail have said that they had planned to replace Pacers with Sprinters by 2011. However, with additional services being required on certain routes and tram-trains being built for a trial route, is it still likely that Pacers can be dispensed with by 2011?

The issue Northern would then have is the 150s will be approaching their 30th birthday, if they don't start planning to replace them, as soon as they've dispensed with Pacers.