Northern Rail

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RE: Northern Rail

(12/06/2015 05:48)wirralbus Wrote:  It seems in the last week the reliability of the Overhead Line between Huyton and Liverpool has come into question.

There is always going to be problems with new OHLE as it settles in.

For a good majority of yesterday afternoon and early evening diesel units had to be provided to replace electric services with the consequent problems elsewhere that causes.

According to the Rail UK forums the OHLE was tripped by heat expansion and they were unable to reset it. I strongly disagree about the Liverpool-Huyton OHLE'S reliability being questioned because this is the first time any major issues have occurred since the Class 319s entered traffic back in March

The problem last week was caused by a bird's nest in the OHLE - not the wiring itself