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The SET (south eastern trains) section of "Current Operations" needs some clarification as some of the lines listed don't make sense. I've replaced the Strood reference with eh Medway valley line. this service extend (occasional) to tonbrdige and even rarely to three bridges, but is it really a "line" ??? as for services out of London bridge down to Strood via Dartford, there are names (one of the three loops in Bexley / Greenwich i assume) on the SET page --Pickle 20:32, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Apart from the fact that the 508s were originally in four-car sets, can anybody please clarify what distinguishes the 507 from the 508? Now that the latter are in three-car sets, is there a good reason why they're not reclassified to all be the same class? The articles don't appear to list any other technical difference such as voltage etc. (I don't know the rules for reclassification, but precedent seems to perhaps exist with the 375/377 classes, where 375s were renumbered after the couplers were changed.) – Kieran T (talk) 13:06, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello all...
An image used in the article, specifically Image:508136 Nameplate.jpg, has a little bit of a licensing issue. The image was uploaded back when the rules around image uploading were less restrictive. It is presumed that the uploader was willing to license the picture under the GFDL license but was not clear in that regard. As such, the image, while not at risk of deletion, is likely not clearly licensed to allow for free use in any future use of this article. If anyone has an image that can replace this, or can go take one and upload it, it would be best.
You have your mission, take your camera and start clicking.--Jordan 1972 (talk) 00:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Do we have a source for this? There's a discussion on the uk.railway Usenet group at the moment which doubts our explanation. Quote:
And further down that same discussion:
Both quotes are from a pseudonymous contributor who writes under the name "D7666", so is clearly no use as a source for us, but does seem to know what s/he is talking about. D7666's explanation doesn't fit with ours. Either way, we really need sources and citations (we currently have one, and that for a specific incident!) for this page. 86.132.139.119 (talk) 15:13, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Southeastern no longer operate Class 508s any more and the Southeastern (Train Operating Company) article correctly states them as "Past fleet" and I know for a fact that they are definatley withdrawn from service by Southeastern. Could someone please carry out whatever neccessary edits to the article to remove any reference to Southeastern currently operating these units (of course if applicable, add that they used to operate them). Many Thanks!
TXC (talk) 05:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
32 years is not particularly old for an electric vehicle; cf with age of earlier EMU vehicle classes when they were retired. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.178.221.185 (talk) 15:53, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
not confident to add myself but this 1982 crash might be worth a mention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkHE_FnLb_k cheers 95.147.145.159 (talk) 21:29, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
508301 is pictured in the "Liveries" section but 301 isn't in the list of fleet numbers. Does anyone know if it has an alternative designation? Alanbatty (talk) 05:29, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
So according to the infobox and unit numbers in the fleet details table 43 units were built, however the number of units in the fleet details table only adds up to 40.
Anybody able to help explain how 43 units can have been built, yet the total in the fleet details table only adds up to 40? Because I can’t make sense of it.
Edit1: Just figured it out the maths is wrong in regards to the number of scrapped 508/2s.
Edit 2:Maths has now been corrected.
Maurice Oly (talk) 01:46, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Since the first source in the footnotes states "Final Merseyrail Class 508 withdrawn," I'm tempted to make the bold edit of replacing the long, hard to read and frankly excessive number of sources in the Fleet Details table just refer to that single source. The fact that the source states the last 508 has been taken out of service and scrapped is enough information to state that all other units were also taken out of service and scrapped.
If somebody is able to find a source in an article that mentions something along the lines of "It's disappointing that no Merseyrail 508 Units have been preserved," This would be a gold mine of a source.
The Unit Number Column for Merseyrail is difficult to read, so if someone is able to improve the reading experience that would be amazing. ChillyDude153198 (talk) 17:15, 14 June 2024 (UTC)