In uk.railway Charles Ellson wrote:
On Fri, 27 May 2016 23:24:53 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

That doesn't seem to leave long enough for any useful hiring out in
the direction of Chiltern unless e.g. there's something big at Wembley
or somewhere else (Stratford ?) they could be used for. If there is
coincidence with work somewhere else then they would at least be
available for e.g. diversions over alternative non-electrified routes.

Greater Anglia seem to be sporadically short of DMUs, dragging out the LHCS
occasionally when they get desperate. I don't know if that's close enough
that they can still live at Willesden for maintenance.

However GA don't like paying for stock - claiming they didn't need the 317s
required by the previous operator on their patch. So unless they're going
really cheap...

Theo