Merseyrail
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Fundraiser sets challenge to run an entire rail line in a day for charity
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A man has set himself a challenge to run to every station on a rail line in a day to raise money for a domestic abuse charity.
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Two operators praised for taking steps to help families travel while others ‘lag behind’
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Two train operators have taken “significant steps” towards helping families with young children travel, but “others badly lag behind”, according to a new report.
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How the Class 777 will help transform Merseyrail
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Stadler ‘777s’ have begun entering traffic with Merseyrail. Richard Clinnick asks Merseytravel rolling stock programme director David Powell about the roll-out and the possibility of even more new trains.
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Factory commissioning of Merseyrail Class 777 begins
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STATIC factory-based testing of the first of 52 Stadler Class 777 four-car EMUs for Merseyrail has started in Switzerland. When engineers are satisfied, the set will be moved to Germany for dynamic testing on Siemens Wildenrath test circuit, before the first completed set is delivered to Merseyside later in the year. The first trains of…
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Merseyrail top of punctuality charts
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Merseyrail was the UK’s most punctual passenger train operator in 2018/19 with an average of 95.51% of trains running on time.
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NR hails success of £148million festive engineering programme
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MORE than 330 engineering projects took place across Britain over the Christmas and New Year holidays in a £148million programme delivered by 25,000 Network Rail staff and contractors. Projects ranged from major blockades running right through the holiday period to smaller interventions designed to repair or upgrade the railway at important locations. Among the larger…
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Mock-up of Merseyrail Class 777 gets positive response
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VISITORS who visited the mock-up of Merseyrail’s new Class 777 EMU earlier this year have given some positive feedback to the features of the full-sized model. Nearly 50% of those who viewed the replica said the design of the train would persuade them to use the Merseyrail network. An order worth £460million for 52 four-car…
