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TfGM fast tracking withdrawal

See http://www.tfgm.com/tfgm_news.cfm?news_id=9007865?submenuheader=3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.248.29.41 (talk) 10:41, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The refurbishment program has not been cancelled, its been partially superceded by the order of 12 more M5000's and the potential order of upto 20 more but there isnt a suggestion of replacing the T68a and not all T68 would be withdrawn, just those in the worst condition. WatcherZero (talk) 11:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't sure how many trams won't be refurbished as a result of the fast tracked withdrawals. I was aware that not all T68s are being withdrawn yet as not enough M5000s have been/are being ordered to replace all of them. However, the article refers to all trams due to receive a refurbishment program which is surly out-of-date. Not having enough reliable facts I didn't want to update the article. 89.248.29.41 (talk) 16:43, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Safety equipment

I would interested to know what sort of deadman equipment is used on Metrolink, I hope vigilance control will be included on future additions to the fleet? 144.139.85.171 February 2006

The main power handle has to be turned by 90° and held there while the tram is moving, The signaling system will also apply the brakes if a signal is passed at danger Dasy2k1 (talk) 12:07, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Date format in the references section

Are some of these written in YYYY-DD-MM? It's currently 2012-04-29 00:37 GMT and yet references 5 and 6 say:

"Retrieved 2012-08-03."

It's not August yet, it's only the end of April, so as it stands the statement is false (although I believe an honest mistake, there seems to be no reason to lie about it). I can only assume, as words that it means the 8th of March, but I've never seen that format before. I've left it as is, but is that the sort of thing that should be updated for consistency? Presumably to the YYYY-MM-DD format?