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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Seaforth & Litherland, Waterloo, Bank Hall and Bidston are also island platforms.
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    TPE operating a Northern service?

    In the past when Stalybridge was closed for electrification works TPE quite often ran between Liverpool and Manchester Airport using 185s and 802s.
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    Liverpool Lime Street - Retail Unit replacing old travel centre [Project Stalled]

    My spy who works in Lime Street the work is still ongoing and as far as he is not aware of any issues.
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    2025 New Haulages

    17 April 2025 777021 Hamilton Square-Liverpool Central 197051 Liverpool Lime Street-Liverpool South Parkway
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    2025 New Sightings

    17/04/2025 777035 at Kirkdale Depot (last of the class)
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    Liverpool Lime Street station

    Just go to the top of Platform 6 and you will see all the arrivals/departures.
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    Weird Places for Services to Terminate

    In days gone by Wrexham services terminated at Seacombe and when that line closed which allowed the construction of the link roads to the new second Mersey Tunnel they moved to terminate at New Brighton. A further change saw the trains terminating at Birkenhead North. The cut back to Bidston was...
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Can anybody teii me please whether 777035 is in service today and whether 777004 has returned to servce yet?
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    Non-Urgent TOPS Requests

    For tomorrow morning please. Witc line is 777035 on?
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    Chester Station Tap

    it should be a oood challenger to The Town Crier over the road which in my opinion has gone downhill since its refurbishment.
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    Scunthorpe Steelworks - manufacture of steel rails

    Does British Steel own any other assets besides Scunthorpe Steel Works?
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    Sandhills

    I bet on those 30 days more passengers will pass through Sandhills than will pass through the new build Daresbury Station, another of Rotherhams vanity projects, in 12 months. And you must remember that its not just the football stadium in this area. Everton owners are plannig other developments...
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    Childwall Blues Trip Reports

    08 April 2025 rcts meet at Tamworth 0818 350102 Liverpool South Parkway-Crewe 29.96 miles 0913 350246 Crewe-Tamworth 48.01 miles 1311 350105 Tamworth-Stafford 23.54 miles 1424 805012 Stafford-Crewe 24.47 miles 1532 350250 Crewe-Liverpool South Parkway 29.96 miles New Sightings - 807005 807006...
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    How far have you travelled for a single number .

    I needed one Class 92 to clear the class. I knew that it was on test off Dollands Moor for a week so on 6th April 2010 I ventured down from Liverpool to Ashford International to specifically to get 92028.
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    Sandhills

    Our Metro Mayor would say that any extension to the station is not justified on cost grounds for just the odd football match or concert wouldn't he. It of course is not a vanity project which he likes to associate himself with. Sandhills is a busy interchange station as it is with many people...

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