Merseyrail

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

RE: Merseyrail

(16/12/2016 19:03)T42 PVM Wrote:  52 Units are to low when you consider they are just 4 Car and the Network is meant to be expanding

Completely agree. Disappointing

[wirralbus]

RE: Merseyrail
I can see industrial unrest at merseyrail with this decision , its a case of watch this space now .

[wirralbus]

RE: Merseyrail
Oh the Wirral line seems to have been having a christmas nightmare in the last few days.

Yesterday there was a train failure at Bidston and Bebington , this morning there was a train failure at Bromborough.

[bramptontrev]

RE: Merseyrail

(16/12/2016 07:44)MX12CFE Wrote:  Indeed today will be a Historical day. The 507s came on stream just before I was born and the 508s just after and im now nearly 38! So these trains have been around all my life and will be the end of an era when theyre gone I will miss them and hope a 507 will be preserved like the 503 at Burscough.

It is a class 502 at Burscough. I used to travel on them from Crossens.

The class 503 is in Warwickshire - http://www.emus.co.uk/503.htm

[H101GEV (Administrator)]

RE: Merseyrail
507002 has derailed at Kirkdale again. If the damage is severe, I very much doubt it will be seen in service again.

https://twitter.com/TPE185143/status/813338428909686784

[wirralbus]

RE: Merseyrail
Both units will be out of service pending investigation almost certaintly from the derailment.

On other matters there was a points failure that seriously affected a few services on Boxing Day to and from New Brighton in the late afternoon.

[SNL 824]

RE: Merseyrail

(22/12/2016 19:28)bramptontrev Wrote:  It is a class 502 at Burscough. I used to travel on them from Crossens.

The class 503 is in Warwickshire - http://www.emus.co.uk/503.htm

Last I heard the 503 is not in great condition having initially been preserved and then left in the open for a number of years - just like the 502.

[MX12CFE]

RE: Merseyrail

(27/12/2016 14:49)wirralbus Wrote:  Both units will be out of service pending investigation almost certaintly from the derailment.

On other matters there was a points failure that seriously affected a few services on Boxing Day to and from New Brighton in the late afternoon.

Which was the other unit involved? Thanks. It didn't seem to affect the Boxing day Ormskirk line service as I live right next to Maghull station and heard the trains passing through.

[wirralbus]

RE: Merseyrail
507010 was the other unit

[MX12CFE]

RE: Merseyrail

(03/01/2017 21:04)wirralbus Wrote:  507010 was the other unit

Thanks for that. Wonder if either unit will see service again?