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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Link to the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-68067053 Like the trains this link does not work
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Have they solved the problem where a 777 from one factory will not connect to one from the other factory?
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    Warrington's Own Buses

    And that is why I have never been to see the boat lift.
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    Stagecoach Merseyside Cheshire and South Lancashire

    Good Weather, School Holidays, Saturday. If they cant make a profit on the 84 today, they never will.
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    D&G Buses

    Many thanks 43055
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    D&G Buses

    D & G's timetable still shows as West Street, but the maps are by the council.
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Intended to catch 10:38 Route 84 Crewe - Chester today. Saw on Arriva app journey cancelled so did not travel. Please get rid of them now, and let another operator get on with providing a stable service. Arriva cut their own throat in Crewe with the strikes soon after the pandemic was over...
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    ANOTHER 175 Fire at Wilmslow? (01-03-2023)

    I emailed RAIB about this in 2017. Their reponse at that time did not fill me with confidence. Do the investigations at the moment mean that somebody is going to do something?
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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Twice recently I have just missed an 84 at Crewe bus station snd had to wait nearly an hour as the Nantwich journeys were cancelled, the only services running were the hourly journeys to Chester. In the other direction I arrived at my local stop to find a passenger who said he had been waiting...
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    Avanti reduced timetable – passenger experiences

    Absolutely useless. any other reliable way of getting North from Crewe without it taking a whole day would be appreciated
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:85061/2021-12-02/detailed 6Z23 2243 Crewe Down Refuge Siding to Kirkdale C.S.
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    Wigan to Bolton electrification officially given go ahead

    The lines connected, but not using BR tracks. There was a once a daily freight trip between the lines using the Rylands company's private tracks. This had ceased by 1960 because of a dispute over demurrage charges between Rylands and British Rail. Britsh Rail started charging for demurrage...
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    Porterbrook Cl.769 'Flex' trains from 319s, initially for Northern

    There were a very few services that ran from Birkdale to St Lukes without reversing at Southport These were peak hour only and I cannot recall any running in my lifetime. My grandfather told me he used them commuting to Liverpool pre war travelling from St. Lukes to Liverpool. In addition there...
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    Porterbrook Cl.769 'Flex' trains from 319s, initially for Northern

    Platforms 4-6 at Southport were never electrified. The Platforms used for the Crossens Service were platforms 9 & 10 (most trains using 9) which are now under the car park between the present platforms and London Street. It was possible for a Crossens Train to arrive in Platform 3. One did...
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    WCML Disruption between Carlisle and Scotland 22/23/24 Feb 2021

    Presumably when it works its way to the top of the plan somebody will get down to fixing it
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