Liverpool: Farewell tour marks end of the line for 1970s trains

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Liverpool: Farewell tour marks end of the line for 1970s trains
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Merseyrail's Class 507 trains go on farewell tour ahead of being retired after 48 years in service.

The 507 Class unit will set off from Hooton railway station later and make its leisurely way to New Brighton and back over the course of the day.

Tickets for the trip have sold out, with everyone from rail enthusiasts to ordinary commuters who have used the service over the years expected to be on board. The fleet is being retired after 48 years in service and is being replaced by modern 777 Class trains.It will return to Hooton by 18:00 BST The money raised for ticket sales for this and a second event later in the year will go to charities Centre 56, Rescue Me Animal Sanctuary, Blackburne House and Parkinson's Wirral.Match of the Day's Alan Shearer looks at how Nottingham Forest executed an "almost perfect" gameplan to win win 1-0 against Liverpool at Anfield."A setback" is how Arne Slot describes his first defeat as Liverpool manager, while pundit Chris Sutton declares "the honeymoon is over".

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