ModernRailways
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‘Not much longer to wait’ is totally relative and I think you’re reading too much into them.Metro have replied to people's questions on the 555s on Instagram stating
and when someone said "We are tired of waiting. We are dwelling and riding our new metro in our minds" Metro responded with this:
replies were on this video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7ULoJKoZTh/?igsh=OHNkZnJicjh3MWVm
The comment they make saying ‘there's no plans for that, but there should be trains in service by the end of this year so not too much longer to wait.’ is likely far more indicative that the plan is to have trains in service by the end of the year but certainly not in a matter of weeks (3 weeks away now if you want to believe some)
Circling back, but I’ve still not been able to get confirmation (or refutation) that this is the case and daytime testing is merely a formality.What I have tried to find out, to no avail as yet, is if everything has been done at night, including the majority of the mileage accumulation, is that potentially why they only need a small of daytime running to ensure they can mingle with the current (old?) fleet. If so, then the daytime testing is basically a formality and more just the finalising of the unit before ready for service.
If someone has the effort then this could be a good thing to FOI request from Nexus, asking for the current projected entry into service date (provisional date) as well as the day/nighttime testing schedule.
They may, however, be tight lipped and could pass it off as private Stadler information.
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