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Please move this to the appropriate section. A thought crossed my mind today. Stephenson's Rocket was built in 1829, but there were no Rockets as we know them today, other than maybe fireworks. When was the phrase "it goes like a Rocket" first used? So, does anyone have any idea why George...

Please move this post if there is a thread on this subject already. Hi. An interesting idea I read in one of the Railway publications from January 2020. Southport platforms are going to be needing extending to accommodate an 8 car set of a Class 777. One idea was to extend the platforms...

Hi. Could someone tell me what the cost of electrification from Liverpool to Manchester was please? I'm curious as an American friend says they're doing 40 miles of track in California and its going to cost over a billion dollars. Crazy

Saw this on Twitter tonight https://twitter.com/Merseytravel/status/1214193474876198917 I'll be keeping my beady eye out to see one.

Hi, apologies if this is the wrong section. In the local Southport newspaper, they are reporting that Southport station is likely going to have some major problems. Platforms need extending and track layout will need altering as 8 car sets will not cross the points enabling them to be changed...

I just saw Boris is getting the train from Euston to Birmingham and made a guess he's on 9G06. That made me wonder, do the driver and train staff know if they have a VIP on board or not? Sometimes the Queen takes a scheduled service to Norfolk. Or would the driver not want to know if a VIP was...

Hi all. I see from the Stadler literature the first of the new Class 777 are arriving in May. Can someone advise me what websites e.g. Raildar, Traksy, Realtime Trains etc., so I can try and find when it starts running on the tracks? I realise this may just be test runs at present, but I'd...

Hi. Apologies if this has been dealt with elsewhere, if so can someone point me in the right direction. However, is there any news as to when the first Class 777 unit will be arriving on the Merseyrail system for testing? I'd like to look out for it. I had heard in summer/Autumn 2019, which...

I see Merseyrail are struggling today as ice has formed on the third rail so preventing trains from picking up current. We're supposed to be getting brand new, state of the art rolling stock from this summer onwards. Can run an old or a new train if there's ice on the third rail. Surely there...

Hi. I saw a report on the national news about Northern's cancellation of over 2000 services and particularly the Ormskirk to Preston line. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46653324 On TV they showed a pacer with the destination board of Blackpool South, and inside they showed the display...

Hi. I'm not sure which section this needs to be posted in, so please move it to a more appropriate one. Was wondering if Merseyrail had plans to donate one of the old 507 units to a rail preservation society in the area? Maybe 507001 the first one that was delivered? I know there's a previous...

Apologies if there's another thread on this, I've not looked. Platforms on Merseyrail are needing to be lowered or raised for the new rolling stock. My question... Are the floors, and therefore the exits on the new stock, higher or lower than the present fleet? Thanks for you time.

Not sure if this has already been posted, but perhaps you'd like to offer your thoughts and complete the survey... https://in.hotjar.com/s?siteId=663098&surveyId=91497

Hi. As we are all aware of the Lime Street closure, can someone tell me why (according to the timetable schedules) that it's taking 25 minutes for the Virgin Pendolino service to travel between the two stations? West Midlands Trains to Birmingham are doing the same route in 8 minutes. I could...

Not sure if this is the correct section to be posting this, but please move if need be. Are these two liveries just total co-incidence or are the two companies linked?

While Googling some stuff about Merseyrail, I came across a Wikipedia page about them. One of the sections was about future plans, which linked to: https://web.archive.org/web/20141012195531/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/networkrus_electrification.pdf As usual it's probably all been scrapped...

With the arrival of the new trains in 2019, it's been said that platforms have to be made to the level of the new trains and a better power supply has to be installed. Was wondering if anyone had news of when all this work is taking place? Just trying to stay up to date with what's going on...

Hi all. Firstly, please excuse my layman's language when trying to describe things. I've been looking at the height of this bridge, and the information I've found says the clearance from the track to the high water level is 22.9m. I can see on various pictures the supporting "uprights" in...

Hi. Two of my mates are meeting up at Sandwell and Dudley this coming Saturday. One will leave Wigan North Western in a 5 car Super Voyager, but at Wolverhampton (ironically one stop before SAD) Virgin are adding another 5 car unit. I need my mate at SAD to meet my friend in carriage D. When...

Hi. Just been watching the Top Gear race to the North with Jeremy on the footplate of Tornado. He stated that 30 tons of coal would have to be put in the firebox to get there. Was wondering if there was another easier way to do it. Some sort of corkscrew system to move it along? Was any...