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Third time lucky for new T&W Metro delivery

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THE first of the 46 Class 555 units, which are on order from Stadler to form the new Tyne & Wear Metro fleet, arrived at the network’s South Gosforth depot in Newcastle early on the morning of February 28.

Delivered by rail via the Channel Tunnel, No. 555003 initially made its way from Dollands Moor to Wembley, and then

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