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    CAF Civity for TfW: News and updates on introduction.

    Having now extensively travelled on the 777s when I come down to South Wales to ride the 231s I will feel quite at home.
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    SWR Class 458 to be retained

    That sounds plausible.
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    Cafe on Platform 6 Crewe

    You do not have to use the Upper Crust at Lime Street - there are plenty of other outlets on the station including Wethersspoons which opens at 0600.
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    SWR Class 458 to be retained

    My apologies if this has been discussed upthread. On our way from Crewe to Nottingham on Tuesday we passed three carriages in South Western Trains livery in London North Western Yard at Stoke-on-Trent. I assume that these have been remove from Class 458 units under overhaul at Widnes. Does...
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    CAF Civity for TfW: News and updates on introduction.

    Welcome to the Stadler seats.
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    Childwall Blues Trip Reports

    16 April 2024 0818 350368 Liverpool South Parkway-Crewe 29.96 miles 0910 170533 Crewe-Nottingham 66.86 miles 1125 170204 Nottingham-Worksop 24.50 miles 1302 195021 Worksop-Sheffield 15.80 miles 1411 185134 Sheffield-Liverpool South Parkway 71.65 miles New Sightings- 197117 DR75117 810001 40...
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    2024 New Sightings

    16/04/2024 Stoke-on-Trent DR 75117 LNWR Crewe 197117 Derby Etches Park 810001
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    CAF Civity for TfW: News and updates on introduction.

    As we passed LNWR Crewe yesterday headiing to Derby 197117 was seen on the depot.
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    EMR Norwich - Liverpool - Class 170 problems

    Trains to Liverpool at that time are every 30 minutes so if you booked a ticket from your start point to Liverpool South Parkway you would likely have been told that your connecting train at Sheffield was the TPE service at 1809, not the EMR service at 1744.
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    Trip Report - Merseyrail to Southport, Northern to Wigan and Bolton - 2024/04/13

    You failed to mention thw NEW platform extensions for 8 car 777 trains to Platforms 2 AND 3. I think that the entrance from the concourse into M & S was closed when the barriers were moved to accommodate the platform extensions.
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    Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates

    810001 still at Etches Park when I passed this morning.
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    CAF Civity for TfW: News and updates on introduction.

    153913 is paired with 153325.
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    What is the official platform number of Liverpool Lime Street Low Level?

    And these days the main departure board in Lime Street Station includes a separate small board for Mersey rail trains.
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    West Midlands Class 323 - the final countdown

    208 and 220 are both currently working Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly trains.
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    Progress on Avanti West Coast's 805/807s Hitachi AT300 sets

    My friend sitting in his car in the car park at Liverpool South Parkway this afternoon saw 805009 arrive with its pantograph up.
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    Childwall Blues Trip Reports

    09 April 2024 0917 170422 Liverpool South Parkway-Liverpool Lime Street 5.69 miles 0954 802219 Liverpool ;ime Street-Manchster Victoria 31.63 miles 1057 195120 Manchester Victoria-Hebden Bridge 23.68 miles 1148 195107 Hebden Bridge-Halifax 8.73 miles 1217 195003 Halifax-Rochdale 21.96 miles...
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    Wigan-Bolton electrification. Construction updates only please

    Travelled on a Blackburn-Headbolt Lane service boarding at Rochdale yesterday. The progress from Crows Nest Junction to Wigan North Western is fantastic with many stanchions up. What a pity that the Atherton line was not included in the scheme.
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    777021 was seen at Sandhills yesterdy on test.
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    Merseyrail legacy fleet updates (Class 507/508)

    507003 was seen at Sandhills yesterday working the 1436 Hunts Cross to Southport.
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    2024 New Sightings

    09/04/2024 Metrolink Trams 3146 and 3145 at Manchester Victoria

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