Absolutely fantastic! Well done Merseyrail. Let’s hope 002 now in Merseyrail revised livery 😊 and then preserve at least one set for future generations to appreciate too.
you have all done a great job over the last 45 years and many people have many memories on this great train. coming home from town on a saturday night with your new girlfriend or mates, going to southport as a kid in the summer. For me the best EMU the country has ever had..i will miss them.
certainly sad for them to be going. growing up in North wales during the mid to late 00s, i'd see them at Chester station and they always intrigued me. We never went up the Wirral, always towards Manchester, so the Merseyrail trains had a sense of wonder and adventure about them. First couple of times going on them felt like I was going to a whole new world as a child thanks to that. When you mention Merseyrail to me, I'll always think of a 508 disappearing down the Wirral from Chester's platform 7.
I sincerely hope 507001 enters preservation, it HAS to! A very special unit indeed being the first 507 built as well as its Royal connection. It would be such a shame to let all the hard work of this heritage wrap go to waste. 001 is a superb unit and should be kept for future generations.
Love the whole idea, Merseyrail really have done well to celebrate these trains and hopefully they will be perserved. I remember watching the same video type for the tiger livery to the current one, its nice to see another!
Got to say though , i was on 018 the other day and this mother of a younger one said to him : say goodbye to the train! And he replied with : BYE BYE TRAIN and i just thought to myself, bye bye indeed , to be fair, i litterly just went to Liverpool to ride it and £59 was worth it , well done merseyrail, i will actually sob over this on the railtour
Man, the last one goes when im in holiday, so i cant say goodbye :(, this struck me in 2020 when i heard they were going. Thank you 507/8 for the wonderful journey and for making me laugh when the engine makes the humming noise
Used the Southern equivalent several times over the years and also when they were used for a while on the Tonbridge-Redhill route in the noughties. They were certainly way ahead of the old slam door stock, although showed their age latterly once newer stock was introduced. A shame to see them disappear from the rails.
Awww, totally sad to see these go - these and their cousins the 313's and 315's were the first brand new trains I experienced as a lad and I promptly subscribed to Modern Railways (Ian Allen) out of fascination. I hope that many sets will get preserved.
My dad HE0038 Fred from port sunlight loved his job and he couldn't wait to see the new trains out in service he turned round said to me he would have seen two lots of new trains put out on Merseyrail And in his name of memory there will be a train simulator classic route of Merseyrail built by myself it will be published for people within the next coming months so people can enjoy it as much as i am building it.
Trying to remember where I've seen that old logo before while out and about. I'm sure I've seen it on a sign at a station or two on the network that has managed to avoid being replaced with the current logo.
I wished be there for last PEP Class’s farewell unless my sister’s family would invited me over. I won’t be missed for 2nd generation train is Class 455 at London Waterloo (keep looking at South Western Railway or WiKi for details under Class 455). Also another 2nd generation classes: 318 and 320 in Scotland but I won’t be there. I’m glad three units received BR livery (313, 507 and 455) for special units.
I think dont qote me on this i think they had to be a certan brighness fore working in the tunnels the original lights whernt very bright also i think to meet modern standards
@@MerseyrailTrainspotter at the moment there isn’t but there’s a group online called the Class 507 Preservation Society who are trying to preserve 507001
I think the PEPs have been on time more than the 777s. What has been a tremendously successful period of service for the PEPs will 100% not be the same for the 777.
A shame that a bit of yellow vinyl wasn't applied on the cab ends to cover the black "eyebrows" surrounding the head/tail/marker lights to make it look a little more authentic. I'll be nice though - it's a nice sendoff (I bet the 777s won't last as long as the 507/8s have) - and not mention the fact that Southern did the same a few years ago with 313201 🙃
@@nigelkthomas9501 Persons of reduced mobility. They sometimes have to slightly change colours or textures for a few reasons, one of them making sure passengers can find the disabled access door and toilet etc. I guess they didn’t really care about that kinda stuff in the early 80’s 🤣
Thats because EU regulations require train doors to be a contrasting colour to aid visibly impaired people who can see bus doors OK so they can be the same colour as the rest of the vehicle
@@cedarcam Isn’t that damn annoying! Managed for a century and a half now suddenly that’s no good. 😖 And in any case we’re no longer in the hideous EU!
@@jameshardy4354 Yes at 3:30 I see that and the old lights surrounded in yellow. Hopefully it is preserved and given a real coat of paint with the correct livery over all the unit as I think heritage stock is exempt from livery regulations at the moment.
@@nigelkthomas9501 We should help our less able population but what bugs me is how inconsistent these regulations are. Some like painting doors on trains in a contrasting colour make no sense to me when busses, taxies can be in a uniform colour. The one that really bugs me is the stand back behind the yellow line. It is obvious it is dangerous to stand near the edge of a platform where a train may pass at 125 mph so why do we put the tactile paving telling the visually impaired they are close to the edge of the platform on the dangerous side of the yellow line, surely it should be on the safe side of it. These regulations were brought in by the EU but I guess are here to stay now. These days it is all about paper work not common sense. Can't even move a train 5 yards to get a disabled passenger on because it is not written in the train management rules What a crazy railway it is today. ruclips.net/video/OtSqZlMYHCQ/видео.html
The new trains are a disgraceful waste of money, as is this grandstanding. Maybe the money could have been invested in e-ticketing technology for the only train operator in the country without it. But that wouldn't look so good on RUclips, would it? So screw the passengers.
boo - the old trains are being (have been) withdrawn throughout the UK as they are life expired - the new trains are worth the money as they bring the fleet in to the present era.
Life expired in what way? No cancellations from failed rolling stock - ever. Just a case of let's spend other people's money on shiny shiny whilst we charge rip off fares: £3.40 to cross the Mersey one way. It's cheaper for a single person to drive, including tunnel toll and HMRC mileage allowance, for the trip than for me to travel on Merseyrail with my bike. A fucking disgrace and waste of public money.
@@gwrydd only to an extent. I use Oyster in London but primarily for simple station to station travel. If travelling all day its better to use 'pay once, ride at will' paper tickets as these do not have time limits on journeys and work better with complex journeys.
@@atakd Wow. There is no way you would allow nearly 50 year old buses on the roads and yet some like you want 50 year old trains. Give it another 5 - 8 years they would need another overhaul and with parts being scarce to source, Merseyrail made the right decision. The 507's are a fine train, for the 1980's - 1990's. No tfor the 21st Century.
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What a lovely tribute to these fine machines. Let's hope 507.001 gets preserved
Same. I was lucky enough to ride on her on my way home from work this evening.
@@scousertom0388 I've only ever been on the similar 313s.
@@johnUB4478same here man, but also the class 315
@Untitled_DevX there is a 315 in preservation already I believe
Needs to be preserved and kept for special outings in the area.
Absolutely fantastic! Well done Merseyrail. Let’s hope 002 now in Merseyrail revised livery 😊 and then preserve at least one set for future generations to appreciate too.
Oh I thought they were taking them out of service
@@Hgplayz451they are.
508s are gone but there is a group of people trying to make conservation efforts for saving 507001
No, 507 002 got scrapped a few days ago, same with 507 030
@@ET-hm8do You respond to a comment from 2 months ago.
Merseyrail have done a marvellous job with this unit, a really big well done guys.
It's quite sad to see. These were reliable and they formed memories of us in Liverpool for years. Even though its a machine, Thank you Class 507/508
I really hope they preserve this train, even if it's just these 3 carriages, they deserve a part of Merseyside history.
I think this one is being preserved, can't say anything about the others
@@CC-Cobalt-1043 it is prserved
The 507 new headlights with br blue livery actually go really well together
They certainly do! The black surrounds really stand out nice against the yellow. 😊
@@chrisgrantonisnt that what the yellow fronts are supposed to do on BR trains?
Looks better than I thought they would
you have all done a great job over the last 45 years and many people have many memories on this great train. coming home from town on a saturday night with your new girlfriend or mates, going to southport as a kid in the summer. For me the best EMU the country has ever had..i will miss them.
farewell, 507s/508s! Grew up with them and I will be sad when they all finally go. I've caught 507 001, thankfully! :) Thanks for posting this!
Now that’s a blast from the past
certainly sad for them to be going. growing up in North wales during the mid to late 00s, i'd see them at Chester station and they always intrigued me. We never went up the Wirral, always towards Manchester, so the Merseyrail trains had a sense of wonder and adventure about them. First couple of times going on them felt like I was going to a whole new world as a child thanks to that. When you mention Merseyrail to me, I'll always think of a 508 disappearing down the Wirral from Chester's platform 7.
Beautiful job Merseyrail! I hope that this train will enter preservation
So do i to be honest
I sincerely hope 507001 enters preservation, it HAS to! A very special unit indeed being the first 507 built as well as its Royal connection. It would be such a shame to let all the hard work of this heritage wrap go to waste. 001 is a superb unit and should be kept for future generations.
Blue/grey looks so good ,these wraps are great ,superb
Love the whole idea, Merseyrail really have done well to celebrate these trains and hopefully they will be perserved.
I remember watching the same video type for the tiger livery to the current one, its nice to see another!
Looks spectacular
Tuning in to hear this! A beautiful livery!
Enjoy!
@@Merseyrail2002Cheers!
I hope that one 508 or 507 unit will be saved! Class 508s and 507s are my favourite emu trains🥰
My favourite livery. Still remember the 507s brand new, they were so modern compared to other units running in the country at the time!
Goodnight sweet Prince
Got to say though , i was on 018 the other day and this mother of a younger one said to him : say goodbye to the train! And he replied with : BYE BYE TRAIN and i just thought to myself, bye bye indeed , to be fair, i litterly just went to Liverpool to ride it and £59 was worth it , well done merseyrail, i will actually sob over this on the railtour
I remember being AMAZED by their cousins' suspension underneath inner London 44 years ago; their rides were cosmically sci-fi 🍸💋
Wow looks great!
Man, the last one goes when im in holiday, so i cant say goodbye :(, this struck me in 2020 when i heard they were going. Thank you 507/8 for the wonderful journey and for making me laugh when the engine makes the humming noise
Used the Southern equivalent several times over the years and also when they were used for a while on the Tonbridge-Redhill route in the noughties. They were certainly way ahead of the old slam door stock, although showed their age latterly once newer stock was introduced. A shame to see them disappear from the rails.
Awww, totally sad to see these go - these and their cousins the 313's and 315's were the first brand new trains I experienced as a lad and I promptly subscribed to Modern Railways (Ian Allen) out of fascination. I hope that many sets will get preserved.
Yes, the 313's were built for the area I lived in at the time. Brilliant trains. Will be sad to see this type disappear.
My dad HE0038 Fred from port sunlight loved his job and he couldn't wait to see the new trains out in service he turned round said to me he would have seen two lots of new trains put out on Merseyrail And in his name of memory there will be a train simulator classic route of Merseyrail built by myself it will be published for people within the next coming months so people can enjoy it as much as i am building it.
Brilliant, can you keep that one as a museum piece, maybe for parties etc
The best livery.
Trying to remember where I've seen that old logo before while out and about. I'm sure I've seen it on a sign at a station or two on the network that has managed to avoid being replaced with the current logo.
I’m planning to go to Liverpool soon, hopefully I go there before these trains get retired sadly, marking the end of the PEP family of trains
I wished be there for last PEP Class’s farewell unless my sister’s family would invited me over. I won’t be missed for 2nd generation train is Class 455 at London Waterloo (keep looking at South Western Railway or WiKi for details under Class 455). Also another 2nd generation classes: 318 and 320 in Scotland but I won’t be there. I’m glad three units received BR livery (313, 507 and 455) for special units.
Please preserve 507001 and any 508
finally, my ears can work again
I won a 507 AWS Alarm yesterday
After 46 years, 507001 takes her final Bow, and hopefully will find a spot in Preservation
Wow looks amazing
PEPS FOR LIFE
PEPS FOR LIFE
Well done to Merseyrail
Where are they still running and for how long will they stay in service?
When are 507’s and 508’s completed off the line because i will miss them :(
Anyone know why the front lights on the 507/508s changed? stupid i know but i honestly dont know why
I think dont qote me on this i think they had to be a certan brighness fore working in the tunnels the original lights whernt very bright also i think to meet modern standards
Thanks mate appreciate it always been curious haha@@jameshardy4354
That’s kinda cool😮😊
I went to Liverpool before this and saw 507s there
Ive always wanted to ride a class 507/508 now realising that i wont be able to its quite sad
You have till sometime January to ride one
Have all of them been withdrawn expect for 507001 ?
Nearly all the 508’s have been withdrawn. The 507’s aren’t being withdrawn just yet: this is just a special heritage livery.
No. They are still in service
So is there going to be some 507s to be kept as spare ?@@Class777
@@talaus1gaming972 Like I said, the 507s are in service but nearly all 508s aren’t
@@MerseyrailTrainspotter at the moment there isn’t but there’s a group online called the Class 507 Preservation Society who are trying to preserve 507001
Three cheers for the PEPs!
507 001 has been saved from scrap!
What was the reason the lights where changed
I think the PEPs have been on time more than the 777s. What has been a tremendously successful period of service for the PEPs will 100% not be the same for the 777.
507 farewell tour when?
Will this one actually run or do we have to wait 6 years like the new trains , getting worse by the day misery fail
Both the Class 507 and Class 508 will be missed entirely as the Class 777 are in service.
I’m going on merseyrail for my birthday party
Build a memorial for class 508 if you can (make it unit 508119) I think that's the unit I'm talking about
A shame that a bit of yellow vinyl wasn't applied on the cab ends to cover the black "eyebrows" surrounding the head/tail/marker lights to make it look a little more authentic. I'll be nice though - it's a nice sendoff (I bet the 777s won't last as long as the 507/8s have) - and not mention the fact that Southern did the same a few years ago with 313201 🙃
The door should be black and the cab ends should have more yellow on them
Sometimes the liveries have to be changed slightly due to PRM standards. Still did a great job of it though
I agree. The doors are not as they were either. That daft rule came in around twenty years ago and it still boils my piss!
@@SuttonTransportHubWhat on earth is PRM? I’m guessing it’s something I probably won’t like.
@@nigelkthomas9501 Persons of reduced mobility. They sometimes have to slightly change colours or textures for a few reasons, one of them making sure passengers can find the disabled access door and toilet etc. I guess they didn’t really care about that kinda stuff in the early 80’s 🤣
Would have been better with the double arrows
I always rememberd the bottom of the doors being blue. Another thing merseyrail can't het right.
I probably sat on that train
How to say good bye non stop to the scrapyard
The same thing is happening with the class 455
hoepfully the same happens with the 318s
507 likes (:
Don't take 011 out of service
That livery is NOT original. The doors are not accurate. The old BR livery was uniform with no hideously different coloured doors.
Thats because EU regulations require train doors to be a contrasting colour to aid visibly impaired people who can see bus doors OK so they can be the same colour as the rest of the vehicle
It's not just the doors the cab fronts are wrong the door at the front should be black not yellow and there should be more yellow on the front
@@cedarcam Isn’t that damn annoying! Managed for a century and a half now suddenly that’s no good. 😖
And in any case we’re no longer in the hideous EU!
@@jameshardy4354 Yes at 3:30 I see that and the old lights surrounded in yellow. Hopefully it is preserved and given a real coat of paint with the correct livery over all the unit as I think heritage stock is exempt from livery regulations at the moment.
@@nigelkthomas9501 We should help our less able population but what bugs me is how inconsistent these regulations are. Some like painting doors on trains in a contrasting colour make no sense to me when busses, taxies can be in a uniform colour. The one that really bugs me is the stand back behind the yellow line. It is obvious it is dangerous to stand near the edge of a platform where a train may pass at 125 mph so why do we put the tactile paving telling the visually impaired they are close to the edge of the platform on the dangerous side of the yellow line, surely it should be on the safe side of it. These regulations were brought in by the EU but I guess are here to stay now. These days it is all about paper work not common sense. Can't even move a train 5 yards to get a disabled passenger on because it is not written in the train management rules What a crazy railway it is today. ruclips.net/video/OtSqZlMYHCQ/видео.html
The new trains are a disgraceful waste of money, as is this grandstanding. Maybe the money could have been invested in e-ticketing technology for the only train operator in the country without it. But that wouldn't look so good on RUclips, would it? So screw the passengers.
boo - the old trains are being (have been) withdrawn throughout the UK as they are life expired - the new trains are worth the money as they bring the fleet in to the present era.
Life expired in what way? No cancellations from failed rolling stock - ever. Just a case of let's spend other people's money on shiny shiny whilst we charge rip off fares: £3.40 to cross the Mersey one way. It's cheaper for a single person to drive, including tunnel toll and HMRC mileage allowance, for the trip than for me to travel on Merseyrail with my bike. A fucking disgrace and waste of public money.
It’s honestly a disgrace that they don’t accept etickets in the 21st century. This is exactly why I travel with tfw instead of Merseyrail to Chester
@@gwrydd only to an extent. I use Oyster in London but primarily for simple station to station travel. If travelling all day its better to use 'pay once, ride at will' paper tickets as these do not have time limits on journeys and work better with complex journeys.
@@atakd Wow. There is no way you would allow nearly 50 year old buses on the roads and yet some like you want 50 year old trains. Give it another 5 - 8 years they would need another overhaul and with parts being scarce to source, Merseyrail made the right decision. The 507's are a fine train, for the 1980's - 1990's. No tfor the 21st Century.
I'm Telling You Now Those Class 777s Will Struggle To Surpass Unlike The Class 507s and 8s