In a farcical move, the Nova 3 sets are being

withdrawn from service in December for a number of reasons stated by the now Government run TPE franchise their use appears to be running down. This set with 68030 'Black Douglas' sat in Scarborough station from the time we arrived late morning to when we left late afternoon; what a waste of a capital resource! Surely, it's a retrograde step going from locomotive-hauled sets of what are excellent coaches back to units that are approaching their twentieth year in service.