Southern TOCs benefit

摘要

Allocation of 11 four-car DMUs to a service group not previously mentioned in DfT Rail's Rolling Stock Plan made the analysis of the deployment of the 202 new vehicles (RB1334 p6) largely inaccurate. The analysis was based on reconciling the sub-fleets shown in the redacted Invitation to Tender with the numbers of vehicles allocated to the TOCs in the RSP.rnComplicating the analysis is DfT's listing of 'Net Additional Vehicles' in the RSP table of the 1 300 vehicles to be introduced during CP4. For example, in the case of EMUs, Northern is shown as receiving 24 Net Additional Vehicles. But because Northern is also scheduled to cascade 17 three-car Class 323 EMUs to London Midland, the TOCs actual new build requirement will be 75 vehicles.