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The guard I loosely know on my train home said we may see passenger 777s on the Southport line within and I quote ‘Days rather than Weeks’

It could be an interesting week on the HBL front

Yes it can be manually inputted and stations can be skipped on the same menu.

Yes there has and I’m led to believe we may see a few short term changes to 777 running over the coming days to fix these software issues.

Haha I’ll write it again tomorrow if that helps. Should post a note of caution to say it would still be a few months before any rollout like this could take place, it certainly wouldn’t be an overnight thing. (But it means certain lines may see 777 passenger services much earlier than...

The powers that be want Merseyrail to run at least 1 unit on each line asap. Logistics and feasibility still being worked out.

Interesting developments relating to when lines can expect to see a unit running on it are in the works.

It’s scheduled to run tomorrow in the same path. A staff member told me today it may only be Monday to Friday this week. For those asking for a more rapid move to the units it’s tricky. The deal with aslef was only ratified less than a week ago. To train a driver it requires moving them out...

I guess that can only mean one thing

There is a ‘ghost’ 777 running now ECS in place of one passenger circuit. Whilst nothing is 100% set in stone I’d be surprised if this isn’t the first 777 passenger circuit on the network Monday.

It will be a matter of days. Some training has taken place with Aslefs blessing.

The referendum was carried. Yes vote Expect to see 777s in service within days

Spoke to a Guard today on my way to Sandhills (Soccer bus) who said a deal has been put to Aslef and recommended By their EC. Voting is due to begin shortly by Drivers. They wouldn’t divulge the contents of the deal but a positive move that would indicate the 777s are not too far away from...

Someone let slip to me today it has done depot shunts at night.

Merseytravel have tweeted today the first train has left Switzerland for Merseyside.