Northern stock - all change
Update December 2015 On the 24th August ( 2015 ) the BBC reported Commuter groups angry at train 'cuts' from North West . The shock headline felt like another blow for passengers in the North who have already seen trains move south. In May ( 2015 ) First TPE lost 5 of it's class 170s which are owned by Porterbrook Leasing to Chiltern Railways. In total FTPE will lose 9 of it's 170s, however an agreement was reached which meant that FTPE could keep hold of 4 170s until February 2016. First TPE 170 stand at Manchester Airport March 2014 In the meantime FTPE have subleased 6 class 156s from Northern rail in order to provide services between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North. Class 185s have in turn moved to services between Manchester and Hull via Leeds in order to make up for the loss of 170s. Northern has benefited from the arrival of refurbished 319s which are operating on newly electrified lines between Liverpool Manchester and Preston, however N