Some of the trains running to London on the Midland Main Line are this old format. They are broadly speaking far more comfortable to sit in than the newer ones

Some of the trains running to London on the Midland Main Line are this old format. They are broadly speaking far more comfortable to sit in than the newer ones with powered doors, although they do lack mains power sockets by the seats, because they don't have a diesel engine under every carriage to roar and rattle. Electrification can't come soon enough, but it won't because the government have abandoned that plan. Again.