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507 017 and 507 031 have both suffered graffiti attacks. both are on the Ormskirk line this morning. 507 031 running by itself as a 3 car and 507 017 is running as a 6 car with 508 130.

All Southport, Hunts Cross and Ormskirk services severely delayed or cancelled due to signalling problems at Moorfields. In addition, a person was struck by a Liverpool-bound train at Aintree. Numerous ambulances and fire engines in attendance.

(11/03/2020 09:40)MX12CFE Wrote: [ -> ]507 017 and 507 031 have both suffered graffiti attacks. both are on the Ormskirk line this morning. 507 031 running by itself as a 3 car and 507 017 is running as a 6 car with 508 130.

507003 and 507025 have also suffered graffiti attacks in recent weeks.

(01/03/2020 17:22)MX12CFE Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for this.

Does anyone know if 508125 is back in service yet since this incident?

Yesterday (10th March), there was a points failure at the reversing sidings at Liverpool Central.
This meant the Ormskirk trains had to arrive and depart from platform 1. With the 9 minutes turnaround time on the Ormskirk line at central, this meant all other trains (Southport, Hunts Cross and Kirkby bound) had to rely on using platform 2. Despite the tight timings on platform 2 it seemed to work quite well with little disruption to any of the services.

That said, one of the Ormskirk trains around 8pm which usually sits out of service for 20 minutes in the sidings had to travel ECS to Liverpool South Parkway, reverse and then travel back empty to central platform 2 to form the 2017 departure to Ormskirk.

This is the first time, at least since the introduction of the timetable change on the Ormskirk line in 2018 that I have known the reversing sidings at Central to be out of action during a weekday at least.

That Ormskirk train probably had to do that to enable ECS to be able to travel to and from the Wirral Line , the stock interchange does have a busy phase around that time .

(11/03/2020 18:52)508134 Wrote: [ -> ]Does anyone know if 508125 is back in service yet since this incident?

Not yet

It seems 777003 is out on its first test run on the network.
It is running on the Kirkby line, in the early hours of this morning (16th March) running with head code "1X01".

(16/03/2020 01:29)508134 Wrote: [ -> ]It seems 777003 is out on its first test run on the network.
It is running on the Kirkby line, in the early hours of this morning (16th March) running with head code "1X01".

Yes got some photos of it at Rice Lane.Stopped for approx 5 mins to test the door step feature.

(16/03/2020 01:55)Gordon V Wrote: [ -> ]Yes got some photos of it at Rice Lane.Stopped for approx 5 mins to test the door step feature.

How did it perform, the sliding step with the platform edge?