Metrocar 4089
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| Status | Scrapped |
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| Grim reapers | 4041+4032 |
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4089 was a production Metrocar built by Metro-Cammell at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
On the 1st of September 2013 at 18:00 BST 4089 and an unknown metrocar crashed into a Blueline Taxi (which was a 2008 Ford Focus Estate with the reg YG08 YSX) at Calleton Lane level crossing while approaching Calleton Parkway Station with the collision resulting in 14 people on both units being stuck for 50 minutes before the police gave the go-ahead for the passengers to be de-trained but thankfully the metro driver and the passengers were uninjured and the passengers were taken to the nearby Premier Inn before being picked up in taxis to take them to their destinations but the Blueline driver wasn't as lucky sustaining minor injuries and being taken to St Nicholas Hospital. The taxi was lifted off the track between 20:45 and 21:00 and after 4089 and the unknown unit in the back limped back to Gosforth Depot service resumed at 21:43 after the necessary checks were made to make sure everything was ok. The unknown Blueline driver was most likely sacked and has their taxi licence permanently suspended and 4089 being repaired and put back into service not long after.
