For regular Merseyrail users, there are two big questions right now - when are we getting our new trains and when will the timetable go back to normal.
They are understandable questions.
The deal to bring a £500m state-of-the-art fleet of new Merseyrail trains to the network was first announced as far back as 2016, but five years on, the public is yet to be able to travel on them.
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The roll-out has endured a number of different problems, beginning with a years-long battle between the RMT union and Merseytravel over the role of guards on the new trains.
More recently, the Covid-19 pandemic has understandably pushed the roll-out back - with the latest Omicron wave leading to further staff sickness and delays in testing and training.
Merseytravel is still remaining tight-lipped on the exact details of when the public will have access to the new fleet, but the transport body continues to hope the first of the new vehicles will begin to take passengers later this year.
Tweeting yesterday, Merseyrail tweeted: "The delivery of the new fleet of trains is progressing well, with trains completing one-off testing and now being put through a process of fault free running before formal acceptance.
"The introduction of these new trains will begin later this year and continue into 2023."
While rail passengers will need to wait a bit longer for their shiny new trains, there should be less of a wait when it comes to a more punctual service.
The covid pandemic saw rail services severely disrupted and reduced across the country. Merseyrail was no different and is continuing to recover.
For a long time services had been reduced to every 30 minutes, but this was reduced to 20 minutes last month.
We pressed Merseyrail this week for an update on when its services will return to the pre-pandemic timetable that saw trains arrive every 15 minutes.
We were told to expect an announcement on this imminently - which should inspire some hope that things will soon be back to normal on the region's rail network.
We will of course bring you firm details on both of these matters as soon as we have them.
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