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Well funily enough thats what I did (I went back a page on this thread) to help with his request and thats the thanks I get........

It is apprently the way that door sensors have been designed and any problems with the step mechinisims stop the door from working as a safety precaution.

Please refer to post 5738 and that is your answer.

And if you are purchasing ZE (Zero Emission) you can double that vehicle purchase price......

Rainford Station is actually within the Merseyside boundary, for journeys towards Headbolt Lane.

This timetable change (back to a 30 minute Sunday service from 03/09/23) has been in place since the change in May, but I agree that as a major event and good weather combined this could have been arranged in a better way, and hopefully with a six car operation.

Concerning folding bikes (I am the owner of a Brompton) the official ruling is especially on most rail operators is that the bike should be covered up thus avoiding any other passengers catching themselves on potential sharp edges of said folding bike. I have only seen one folding bike on a bus...

The batteries can be fitted to any of the 53 units, so in effect any of the units can carry batteries. An exercise to remove batteries from a 777 and refit them has already been conducted at Kirkdale depot. Headbolt Lane is scheduled to open in 2023, so I would imagine things hopefully will...

Mauldeth Road

The MTL (Merseybus) Volvo B10B's were often referred to as the BLOBS by staff........

The former 92 route now the 62 in Liverpool was lovingly referred to as the wall of death, because you went around and around and around......... And the 68's known as the magical mystery tour as it goes practically everywhere........

Looks like they did sadly :rolleyes:

I think the gaps are for social distancing/cleaning between crews changing over as we are now aware of the CO-VID levels rising again.....

The units on Merseyrail can rack the mileage quite quickly, hence the 508's which are being used very sparingly as they are near mileage........

Each unit is required to cover a minimum of 1,500 miles on test fault free before being signed over to Merseyrail, so covering the whole network would bring this mileage down.

777007 has already been delivered to Stadler (Kirkdale) and the units are being produced on two different production lines in two different countries (evens from one factory and odds from the other) as units are completed they are being sent in any order......

I think this might have been due to missing its booked path to Kirkdale and Tonbribge was a more secure/safer storage location.

Sadly this was bound to happen at some point, so I wonder if this will be a good exercise for Stadler at Kirkdale to see what effect the graffitti removal will have on the paintwork of the 777's........

Or for the those of us of a certain age This was the Talbot cars/vans logo in the 80's and 90's.......

The bogies on the new rolling stock are shorter thus reducing wear (hopefully!) on tight bends including the Wirral loop, there is a system on the loop where devices are fitted to inject a lubricant to try and stop the excessive wear on the track.