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Originally Posted by John_142
And also there was quite a few 142's out yesterday so there must be a sortage of 156's & 150's the latest Class 142 to be painted into Northern Livery seems to be ex Arriva Trains North East 142 026 as a spotted it yesterday though didn't get a ride on it though  . |
I've not seen any former Arriva Trains Northern 142s on my local line (Manchester to Chester via Altrincham) for a bit, which is just as well because they always finish up extremly crowded due to their lack of seats. They are OK for some off-peak trains (capacity wise not quality wise) but then the problem is that if they run off-peak trains then they finish up running peak trains as well.
Example: The 13:24 Manchester to Chester train is quietest but the same train would then be expected to run the 15:45 Chester to Manchester train which is fairly busy and then the 17:24 Manchester to Chester train which can get very busy.