Passengers should brace themselves for “continued failures” that have dogged the Merseyrail network in past weeks.
Commuters were hit with travel chaos last month caused by changes to the timetables on Merseyrail lines as the operator announced an “unexpected” increase in wear on train wheel bearings. Rail replacement buses had to be used on certain lines and Merseyrail managing director Andy Heath was forced to offer an apology, but stopped short of confirming when services would fully return to normal.
Mr Heath said the issue was “unusual” for Merseyrail’s fleet and would usually only expect to experience two instances of such an issue per month, but in the last two weeks “several” occurrences have been identified, leading to a full fleet test being undertaken.
