A potential date for the rolling out of new Merseyrail trains will be heard behind closed doors.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is to discuss bringing its new £500m train fleet into service when it meets on Friday with a date for public use yet to be confirmed. Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram told an overview and scrutiny committee in March that he hoped that the new stock would hopefully be on the rails “in the summer at long last”.
He said the trains were “ready to be introduced” and drivers were undergoing technical training ahead of the new fleet being passenger ready. A financial performance report to the LCRCA transport committee earlier this year explained how progress on the new rolling stock has been “has been negatively impacted by Covid-19 with delivery being delayed, which has placed upwards pressure on the overall costs of the project.”
