TPE Class 68 and Mk5a withdrawal

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[ChrisB]

Pretty sure I read elsewhere that other TOCs^▸ (Train Operating Company) may be after them? Chiltern?

You forget that the DfT^» (Department for Transport - about) are cutting the cost of running the railway

This is the reason that TPE^▸ (Trans Pennine Express) are dropping them. I can't see why the DfT would be ok to approve them transferring?

[IndustryInsider]

Perhaps they will be transferred to Scotland to replace the HSTs^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) that ASLEF^» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) have taken a dislike to

I would say that is a more likely scenario then them transferring to GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) or Chiltern.  The set-up in Scotland is less focussed on short term cost savings.

[Electric train]

Perhaps they will be transferred to Scotland to replace the HSTs^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) that ASLEF^» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) have taken a dislike to

I would say that is a more likely scenario then them transferring to GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) or Chiltern.  The set-up in Scotland is less focussed on short term cost savings.

I think the more likely scenario is for a 25kV power car with driving cab to be added and used on the newly electrified TPE^▸ (Trans Pennine Express)