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August 29, 2021 | Fleet

Stadler hands first class 777 EMU over to Merseytravel

The first of 53 class 777 Stadler EMUs for operation on the metro-style Merseyrail network serving Liverpool has been handed over to Merseytravel.

August 6, 2021 | Fleet

Two new British EMUs receive authorisation for passenger use

Stadler class 777 and Alstom class 701/5s passed for passenger operations.

July 26, 2021 | Fleet

IRJ in brief - fleet: ÖBB tenders for DMU hire from 2023; first Newag Impuls 2 for Warsaw; Hitachi open access EMUs testing in Britain

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has issued a tender for the hire of 35 DMU vehicles that would begin in December 2023 and last for an undetermined period.

June 17, 2021 | Rolling stock

Initial tests of battery-powered Stadler IPEMU for Merseyrail complete

IRJ at Rail Live 2021: Merseyrail could eventually require seven battery-powered class 777s built by Swiss manufcaturer Stadler.

January 22, 2020 | Fleet

First Merseyrail EMU delivered to Liverpool

Merseyrail has commenced testing of the first new Stadler-built EMU for its network centred on Liverpool following delivery of the vehicle on January 16.

November 5, 2019 | Fleet

Merseyrail train reaches 120km/h on test at Wildenrath

A Stadler EMU for Britain’s Merseyrail network has reached 120km/h during trial running on the Wildenrath test track in Germany.

June 6, 2019 | Technology

Radwin train-to-ground wireless solution selected for new Merseyrail fleet

Panasonic Business has selected Radwin’s FiberinMotion wireless solution to provide connectivity for the fleet of trains Stadler is supplying to Merseytravel

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