Recent content by Ruddocp

It is true that there is alot of siding space available at Southport, but they're still sidings, not a depot. If the network is going to get 59 6 car trains then Kirkdale will need to be expanded. For the wirral Birkenhead Central depot may well be reopened to increase capacity. I think that...

The thing is, Merseyrail are going to need new, specially designed stock if they are going to avoid some of the maintainance headaches they've had with the 507/508s. When one of them derailed in the loop tunnel in 2005 the raib report stated that the units cannot effectively traverse the tight...

While I would love to see this happen very much, it quite simply isn't. A scheme on this scale is not going to be cheap in any way, despite the tunnels already being there. Merseytravel aren't exactly rolling in cash are they? And the dft are not going to pour that much money into a project...

There's only a rolling stock problem because the network rail MPV thats currently running around the network is doing something to the track, and the shoe gear on the units keep failing because of it. Its a temporary problem. If more capacity is needed in the near future the southeastern 508s...

The 450s at least are rather heavier than the 507/8s and given the way they chew up the track in the loop I don't think the 450s would be any use to merseyrail. I agree that TOC specific units are what is needed.