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Old 29th May 2007, 17:48
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Originally Posted by hstudent View Post
Slightly less than half of Northern Rail's trains used to be operated by the 'Arriva Trains Northern' franchisee and they haven't bothered to repaint the trains. So the train was probably not a former Arriva Trains Wales service.
The train was a former First North Western service.

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On a similar topic, I am annoyed that the 175s perviously operated by First North Western all went to Arriva Trains Wales when they redid the franchisses. They've even left most of them in First North Western's dark blue colour!
If it wasn't for the 175's Arriva Trains Wales wouldn't have a decent train.
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