Mersey Ferry

In for an Mersey Ride (14th May 2016)

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This trip takes me to Merseyrail Network to film Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs, starting at Rugeley Town, I take 2H01 7028 to Rugeley Trent Valley worked by Class 170 DMUs, 170517 with 170502. At Rugeley Trent Valley I swap Diesel for Electric and taken an London Midland Class 350 Desiro, 350231 working 2U21 0743 to Stafford. Once at Stafford I filmed the Northern Belle flying through with Class 57s, 57305 with 57036 on Coventry to Grange-Over-Sands, but I soon boarded 1F11 0823 Virgin trains service to Liverpool Lime Street which was worked by 390127 Virgin Buccaneer. Once at Liverpool, myself and Ian went our separate ways and travelled down to the low level of Liverpool Lime Street and took my first Merseyrail EMU of the day, 507018 to Wallasay Village on 2N12 0933 to New Brighton. After an hour at Wallasay Village, I travelled on 508138 to Birkenhead North to change trains and take 507005 working 2W16 1107 to Bidston which I bump into Ian. During my hour at Bidston, filming Merseyrail Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs, an Class 150, 150267 arrives and departs with an service from Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line but after my hour at Bidston, I take the train to Hamilton Square onboard 508120 working 2W22 West Kirby to West Kirby via Liverpool Central. While at Hamilton Square 507020 passed through on an ECS working from Birkenhead North TMD but is explain at my next location! 507015 arrived with 2Y13 1227 to Ellesmere Port which took me to Rock Ferry, which I saw an idiot crossing the 3rd rail network, 507020 terminating from Birkenhead North TMD which was waiting for 507032 to arrive so the unit could terminate from Ellesmere Port and take the passengers onto Liverpool Central and to Ellesmere Port, which was my train out of Rock Ferry after an hour filming to Bebington. After filming an hour an Bebington, I took an ride on 507020 again which was working 2Y18 to Ellesmere Port via Liverpool Central. I would had got off at Moorfields to change train but the platform towards Sandhills was shut for refurbishment and changed at Liverpool Central onto the Northern Line, took 507003 to Kirkdale which was working 2K34 1505 to Kirby, also found one of my units which I needed an photo off at Kirkdale depot, 508114 but after an hour at Kirkdale, I took the train to Sandhills to change trains and then took an Class 507, 507011 to Brunswick and the problems started! My train an hour later was cancelled due to power supply problems between Formby and Southport and some trains ran late or were cancelled! at one point I was thinking of changing my plans from Cressington to Bank Hall but decided to travel on to Cressington! Took Merseyrail Class 508, 508103 to Cressington and had an hour there and when the hour was up, I took the train to Liverpool South Parkway and had an quick connection to make but an Northern service worked by 156421 with 150201 on 2F92 was arriving into the station and caught that train to Liverpool Lime Street but the train that I was planning to catch an First TransPennine Class 185 DMU passed my train between Edge Hill and Liverpool Lime Street. Once at Liverpool Lime Street I took Virgin Trains Class 390, 190137 which had an bunch of lousy drunks on to Stafford the working was 1A69 1948 to London Euston. At Stafford there was no direct train to Rugeley Trent Valley because the last one departed Stafford at 1950 and went back home on the bus, an 824 service to Lichfield! filmed 14th May 2016