January 31, 2019

Fleet News Update - January 2019.

Here is this month's update.

Class 150
150103, 150108 and 150120 are currently in works, whilst 150125 and 150126 have now moved from Great Western Railway.

150214 has been named The Bentham Line - A Dementia Friendly Railway. 150223 has now been refurbished.

Class 153
Former GWR unit 153377 has transferred to ScotRail for conversion to a luggage van, with the other four ex GWR 153s due to follow in the near future.

Class 156
156424 is away at Wolverton for PRM modifications and refurbishment, with 156483 recently named William George Hardy.

Class 170
170453 and 170458 have transferred from ScotRail, with the latter currently at Crewe for repaint and refurbishment.

Class 195
195001 has moved to Allerton, with 195107 now at Newton Heath. 195112 and 195113 were this month's deliveries.

Class 331
This month's delivery was 331107.

Class 769
769424 was delivered to Allerton on January 30th.

January 01, 2019

Fleet News Update - December 2018.

Apologies for this being later than planned.

Class 150
150133 and 150145 are currently at Doncaster, whilst former GWR unit 150120 has been repainted into base livery.

150214 is now refurbished, whilst 150220 is going to be the first Class 150 to receive Wi-Fi and charging sockets.

Class 156
156447, 156449, 156465, 156485 and 156496 are now Northern units and have been allocated to Heaton depot. 156427 has returned from Wolverton after being refurbished.

Class 158
Former ScotRail units 158782, 158786, 158789 and 158867-158869 transferred to Northern between December 10th and 13th.

158904 went to Crewe for refurbishment on December 11th, this being the first 158/9 unit to be refurbished. It will be refurbished to "Northern Connect" specification, albeit without a seat reservation system.

Class 170
170454-170457 transferred to Northern at the start of the month.

Class 195
195001 is now at Newton Heath, whilst 195103 and 195105 are at Allerton.

Class 319
319458 is at Wolverton ahead of moving to Loughborough for conversion to Class 769, leaving short term loanee 319446 as the last Class 319/4 in traffic with Northern.

Class 331
331106 was delivered to Edge Hill depot between December 10th and 16th.

Class 333
333001 has returned from Holbeck after repaint and refurbishment, with 333013 going in the opposite direction.

Class 769
769431 arrived at Allerton on December 21st.