Today We say goodbye to the first Northern Rail Class 142 Pacer Train to be taken out of Service, It will be replaced by incoming Class 195 and Class 331 Trains built by CAF.
David Brown the Managing Director for Northern Rail said
"I'm Very pleased to announce that the first Pacer Train to retire from Northern will carry its last customers today, Monday 12th August.
The retirement of the first Pacer is a significant milestone for Northern Because, Along with the Introduction of new Trains, It shows that we are making real progress with improving our Customers Experience.
Unit 142005 first went into Service on 20th February 1987 and has traveled over 3 Million Miles in 32 Years, It will be carrying Passengers for the last time on its final day of Operation between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge
Pacer Trains will start to be retired from the Northern Network on a phased basis over the coming months. A further six Pacers are also being taken out of Daily Service next week and will be stored at Heaton Depot so that they could be made available to use in exceptional Circumstances.
The Pacers have served us well since the 1980s and should be celebrated, But our new and Refurbished fleet give our Customers a much improved experience and Modern facilities.
we now had 10 state of the art new Trains in Service, with a further Five new Train entering service this week two more Trains on the Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport and three more Trains on our Cumbria to Manchester Airport Routes. The planned gradual deployment of the rest of the 101 new Trains will continue throughout 2019 and into 2020, The new Trains are being introduced on longer-distance routes, Allowing existing Trains on these routes to be redeployed and replace the Retiring Pacers.
Alongside new Trains 60% of our Existing Fleet has also now been Refurbished, The Class 150s and 155s are all finished and the refurbishment of the Class 323s has now begun"
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| 142005 at Manchester Piccadilly |
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