Northern Rail Franchise: Rolling Stock

(asked on 5th July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescale is for permanently ceasing operation of Pacer trains on Northern Rail franchise routes.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 11th July 2019

Northern is planning to remove the first Pacer in August, and is working to remove all the Pacers by the end of the year.

Our absolute priority is ensuring passengers in the north benefit from new trains, more services and increased capacity as quickly as possible.

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