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Old February 17th 06, 06:27 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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"b9273m" wrote:

The Kent 508's are rumoured to be wanted back by
Merseytravel.................anyone know any more?


There are no firm plans as yet, but the draft Merseyside Local Transport Plan
for 2006-10 mentions opening "negotiations" to bring the 508s back to
Liverpool. It's no secret that Merseyrail want more units, chiefly to deal
with increases in passenger numbers which weren't anticipated when the 508s
were originally taken off-lease.

As another poster has pointed out, it all depends on whether SET are prepared
to release them. Will they still be required once the Integrated Kent
Franchise gets going?

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