You mean Birkenhead Central!
It is about time that Rotheram stood up to be counted. I assume that a lot of the problems with the battery 777s is down to a lack of sufficient testing. Anumber of these units have been on the system for some time. 777142/44/46 were all in store as ;ong ago as 30 May and 777140 was wat Kirkdale a fair time before that. Could these units not have been brought into service on the Ormskirk line to get them run in before Headbolt Lane opened? Iread that 777152 was out in service yesterday. Obviously this unit which has only recently arrived has been prepared for service much faster than any previous unit. Let us hope that it comes through its baptism of fire better than its sisters.
Indeed. They could have been run on battery Aughton Park - Ormskirk - Aughton Park to get experience of battery/changeover operation.
although they depend on authorities outside of Liverpool City Region putting money where their mouth is. The Welsh government is proactive here. On the other hand, the Lancs and Cheshires of this world appear to want a free ride.
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Yes sorry, I did mean Central. I didn't clock the double failure until later. 508103 was very full from Birkenhead. The locals spent the rest of the journey discussing the poor reliability of the new units. Those on board 2C24 assumed it was a new train long before people getting on at Birkenhead confirmed it. It's lucky that the autumn timetable has longer turn rounds at Chester so the service recovered quickly without any further alterations. Running 2C24 fast would have gone down like a lead balloon, with the previous two trains to Hooton having been cancelled.
Four minutes to do 1.8 miles? No wonder they run early. The 317s (and now the 720s) were timed to do 3.8 miles from Tottenham Hale to Ponders End in four minutes. There's a neutral section there too.
I know not allowed where they are individual coaches, but are there different rules for walk through coaches, where gangway is almost full width because effectively one big space.
That would make sense but still not practical. Was chaos at Chester watching the coach try and empty out via the next coach along whilst a massive crowd was trying to board!
The rules for 507/8s are only 1 set of doors can be locked out per coach and the doors on the opposite side locked out to compensate with a total of 2 sets of doors per train before it has to come out of service.
When are they due in the UK?
777023, but was brought back out later on.
I was just on this unit this morning. Made a couple of awful clunks and jolts coming out of Kirkdale that seemed more than just a bit of wheelslip, enough for a few passengers to comment and look at each other.
