The Class 185 is highly requested for the MAC route. It's a DMU built by Siemens and operated on Transpennine Express' regional routes. One service per day runs to Oxenholme. It runs from Liverpool to Cleethorpes, and Manchester to Scarborough, York, Saltburn etc. They could layer the ECML in Doncaster as AI trains. In the Glossop line, they could run past Guide Bridge heading towards Stalybridge. There main use would be in Manchester Airport Commuter, where they'd run from Piccadilly to the Airport, sometimes stopping at Gately. Additionally, they could go to Stockport, as they usually do this on the Cleethorpes route. I'd estimate the price as £12.99.
Count me in for this! This would be much more enjoyable versus driving the class 350 which is representing TPE services.
Great suggestion. It simply requires acquisition of the TPE license. Another example of more varied services on certain routes. All I need now is the original BR TPE Class 124 (and 123s) for NTP. The 185s are obvious in their absence but most of the appropriate routes are fairly new, however the Class 123 and 124 should always have been dlc for NTP, especially as neither Class exists today with all examples scrapped (likely due to asbestos contamination).
