(08/10/2015 11:10)MX12CFE Wrote: [ -> ]Are any units in for the interior refurbishment programme at the mo? Not heard of any being done for quite a while. Thanks.
Yep, quite a few have been done since the last update. So far I have the following as internally refreshed: 507001/004/007/008/009/010/013/018/020/021/023/024/029/030/033 and 508103/104/108/110/115/122/123/127/130/131/138/139/140/141. There should be another one completed last weekend but I'm not sure which just yet.
(08/10/2015 16:55)507009 Wrote: [ -> ]Yep, quite a few have been done since the last update. So far I have the following as internally refreshed: 507001/004/007/008/009/010/013/018/020/021/023/024/029/030/033 and 508103/104/108/110/115/122/123/127/130/131/138/139/140/141. There should be another one completed last weekend but I'm not sure which just yet.
Thanks for this quite a few done now.
That's approx 50% of the fleet done , that's not bad going.
507011 has also had its interior refreshed.
A couple of unit notes: 507002 has been out of service for several weeks now and has moved around Birkenhead North depot a few times. Also, 508131 seems to be almost always on the New Brighton line recently although I did see it on the Chester line last Friday. It seems to be one of the more troublesome units in the fleet.
508131 is on West Kirbys today. The brakes were incredibly loud after it's recent C4 overhaul! 507002 is in the "naughty engine" road alongside the shed
508126 is the latest recipient of the interior refurbishment i had it on the Ormskirk line this morning it was running as a 6 car with 507017. I could smell that newness smell of the materials used in the refurbishment of 508126.
507012 and 507025 are two further units to have received the interior refresh.
507032 and 508120 have now also received refreshed interiors.
Boxing Day trains have been confirmed to operate for the first time. A 30 minute service on all lines with a limited number of stations open, as follows: Southport, Birkdale, Formby, Waterloo, Sandhills, Liverpool Central, Liverpool South Parkway, Ormskirk, Maghull, Aintree, Kirkdale, Kirkby, New Brighton, Birkenhead North, Conway Park, James Street, West Kirby, Leasowe, Hooton, Bromborough, Rock Ferry and Birkenhead Central.
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Also, the late night trains are returning, in a similar fashion to last year with one limited stop journey to Southport and another to Hooton at 01.30. This year it is only for the two weekends prior to Christmas but both Friday and Saturday nights are served.
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508125 is the latest recipient of the interior refresh. The front ends look silly on this just now with the new vinyls laid over the filthy ones beneath. Quite the contrast.