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First Stadler Class 777 arrives on Merseyside

THE first of Stadler Merseyrail’s new Class 777 EMUs was delivered to Kirkdale depot in the early hours of January 16 after a journey across Europe.

Set No. 777003 is the first fully completed unit, with sets 777001/002 having been fitted with temporary panels in place of the end emergency evacuation doors, while undergoing testing at Siemens’Wildenrath facility.

The set was shown to the press on

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