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    Childwallblues continued trip reports

    Day Trip to Crewe 26/03/2026 0943 350107 Liverpool South Parkway-Crewe 29.96 miles 1326 807004 Crewe-Liverpool South Parkway 29.96 miles
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    Merseyrail 777 introduction

    It is better not to stop at Cressington with an 8 car train. All four car trains can stop so that passengers do not have to go under the overbridge which has limited headroom.
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    Childwallblues continued trip reports

    Nostalgia Trip on Mersey Ferry 19/03/1925 The Mersey Ferry Royal Iris of the Mersey is being retired tomorrow after 66 years service. Built in 1960 as the Mountwood by Phillips of Dartmouth for Birkenhead Corporation she was renamed in 2001 after a major overhaul. I made my final trip on her...
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    CLC Route Upgrade Study

    Without having read the report yet at Hunts Cross the Merseyrail service should transfer to Platform 1 and through services use Platforms 2 and 3. This would remove the current situation were the Merseyrail services (8 trains per hour) have to cross all the other services between Liverpool South...
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    Class 730 LNR & WMR Delivery/test Updates

    730228 hadalready been tagged when I travelled on it on 6 November from Crewe to Liverpool.
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    Storm Claudia - Travel disruption (14/11)

    Looking at the weather forecat last night it appears that Liverpool is in the eye of Storm Claudia so with TPE, EMR and LNR also cancelling it looks like a quiet weekend round here.
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    2025 New Haulages

    11 November 2025 197026 Chester-Liverpool South Parkway
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    Calmac / Northlink Ferry discussion

    Which legal action is that?
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    Calmac / Northlink Ferry discussion

    Glen Sannox has sailed south to Birkenhead and has entered drydock at Cammel Lairds #
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    CAF class 197 Civity for TfW: News and updates on introduction.

    Cambrian day on the Chester to Liverpool service yesterday with 197026 and 197024 doing the honours.
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    Closure of Bransty Tunnel (near Whitehaven) expected until at least spring 2026

    As I understand it 3 x 156 have transferred to Newton Heath ostensibly to work north of Barrow. In essence they are working normal services in the North West whilst 195s are working up to Corkickle. 156485 has been seen in service at various places including Headbolt Lane whilst the other two I...
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    Merseyrail 777 introduction

    The Hill Dickinson Stadium was started to be built around 3/4 years ago but due to a lack of foresight by the Liverpool City Region no planning was done at Sandhills until the end of 2024 and we have the current facilities which appear to be inadequate.
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    What service is appropriate for the North Wales Coast? Is the Avanti service needed?

    Excellent cafe on the platform at Llandudno Junction to pass the time away. 1762602064 The Merseyrail Liverpool to Chester is indeed one of the finest services outside of the south east but the TfW service from Lime Street serves a large community. Coming from were you do you are probably...
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    2025 New Sightings

    66314 at Tuebrook Sidings, Liverpool 35333 730216 at Crewe
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    2025 New Haulages

    06 NOVEMBER 2025 730224 Liverpool South Parkway-Liverpool Lime Street 730228 Crewe-Liverpool South Parkway
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    Childwall Blues Trip Reports

    28 October 2025 Sheffield 0830 185149 Liverpool South Parkway-Sheffield 71.75 miles 1312 185111 Sheffield-Liverpool South Parkway 71.75 miles Tram Stops Visited - Arburthorne Road, Herdings/Leighton Road
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    Open air stations with tunnels at both ends of platform(s) (Trivia)

    And Brunswick?
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    Porterbrook Cl.769 'Flex' trains from 319s, initially for Northern

    Thank you for that. Do any units stable at Southport?
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    2025 New Sightings

    28 October 2025 197026 at Liverpool South Parkway 6396 96139 at Longsight
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    60087 - Wensleydale Railway

    They are rare on the Liverpool to Drax biomass workings these days. They use a Class 66 with a Class 69 assissting up from the docks to Tuebrook. The Class 60 at Tuebrook is used on aggregates trains from the S & C or Shap.

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