STADLER confirmed on June 26 that production of aluminium carbodies will begin shortly for the fleet of class 777 EMUs for Liverpool’s Merseyrail suburban network.
LIVERPOOL City Region transport authority Merseytravel has agreed to contribute £765,000 towards the development of plans for a new line to Skelmersdale, the second-largest town in northwest England without a rail connection.
ALSTOM announced on June 29 the opening of a 13000m2 train modernisation centre in Widnes, Britain, which the company says is the biggest in the country.
STADLER Rail Services UK has awarded BAM Nuttall a contract worth around £20m to construct a new depot at Kirkdale in Liverpool which will maintain the fleet of 52 four-car EMUs ordered last month by Merseytravel for the Merseyrail suburban network.