Northern: Rolling Stock
(asked on 26th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to replace Pacer trains when Northern Rail is renationalised.
This question was answered on 6th March 2020
The ongoing rollout of new trains, which are enabling the retirement of Pacers, will continue.
Northern is introducing 101 new trains as part of a £500 million investment across its network. The programme of introduction started in the summer last year on a phased basis, with the remaining trains introduced by summer 2020.