(14/12/2020 07:13)wirralbus Wrote:  These closures are not in merseyrail's gift to dish out , Network Rail resources will dictate when they closures do occur , dont forget for some work there is actually a shortage of qualified staff , on top of any coronavirus social distancing and self isolation.

(14/12/2020 08:40)iMarkeh Wrote:  I thought the majority of the Merseyrail network was owned by them/Merseytravel and Network Rail are kind of contracted to do the work.

Regardless of who owns what, Merseyrail still have to work with NR to ensure passengers are kept moving and so if NR are planning so many blocks, that isn't very good for passengers. They wouldn't do blocks in this way in other very busy areas so I don't see why they are doing it on Merseyrail.


As for your last point, is there a shortage of NR staff? I've not heard that for a while. Covid I get but would it not be better for NR to delay another project by a week to flood the Merseyrail network and get as much done as possible in the block and then the next week, you have more staff available (If you have 10 staff, it's surely better to send them all to one site and get the work done quickly (and then the next week do the same) rather than have less staff on each site and then you need more closures for the work to be completes)

(16/12/2020 04:45)B10B6514 Wrote:  They are on their way North. This path is as far as Crewe... https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/R03063/2020-12-16/detailed

(16/12/2020 08:08)mikestone Wrote:  Oddly this does not show up on location searches.