Those are 'planned cancellations' apparently to facilitate crew training. They're incredibly annoying too, especially as the cancelled services are not followed by a six-car as they really ought to be.
Overheard staff saying March for New Brighton and June for Southport.
Surely the 50x won’t be kept for five more months?
Makes sense then will the Timetables all be retimed once all 777s are diagramed.
508s wont for sure Im sure more 777s will be them before June.
We hope so
Any confirmation yet on which 507 will be going with 508104 for scrap?
Wednesday. 508104 was on the West Kirby line today (07/01/24) and ran ECS to Birkenhead North depot tonight.
Many thanks indeed.
Are they though? The old units are going pop fairly regularly now whilst the 777s are improving slowly but surely.
The trackside network that provides a data uplink to the trains is apparently a bit behind where it should be. If that isn’t working then the trains WiFi will let you connect but wont have internet access. But also the onboard WiFi seems to be flakey anyway, probably the same Icomera junk present in other operators trains.
Noted 508104 on 1038 from New Brighton. Terminated south bound at Birkenhead Nth, disruption. Restarted the same train north bound and remains in diagram.
Judging by today’s diagram, it finishes tonight at Kirkdale. Could end up back on Southport tomorrow or head over to Birkenhead North.
Thanks for that @Liverpool 507! Much appreciated.
I know a lot of the attention is with the 777s and their issues. But 507 availability has been really bad for quite some time. I just refuse to be part of the madness now and use my trio to take the much longer bus ride when 3 cars
The clear majority of cancellations continue to be caused by 777s. Today, for example, I can't see one 507/8 unit causing a cancellation yet a raft of 777-related issues. The only Southport line cancellations today were on the 777-booked duty. Yes, the 507/8s aren't reaching the reliability or availability heights of yore, but they remain vastly more reliable than the 777s if the latest stats are to be believed.
Yes, there are lots of fans of the legacy fleet here (the amount of usernames beginning with 507/508 just goes to show, haha) and thus I notice a bit of bias - the 777 faults are always moaned about, but the 507s have been problematic themselves of late!
It is concerning. Really need some more 777 diagrams and a slow down of withdrawals otherwise we will be in trouble quick. Not a single 6 car will not go down well on the busier days of the week
To be honest there was no spare units on Kirkdale even for maintenance at 6pm and there was a couple of 6 cars this morning. I suspect like Saturday it’s a shortage above anything
Not overly surprising as 507/8s are uncommon at Kirkdale nowadays during the weekday off-peak. One or two sometimes briefly stay there for washing or between stock moves, but that's about it.
