Merseyrail

Runner to stop at every station on train network in fundraising challenge

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Alex Bestwick

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4th February 2025

A fundraiser is preparing to run to every station on the Merseyrail network in just over a day to raise money for a domestic abuse charity.
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Fundraiser sets challenge to run an entire rail line in a day for charity

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Alex Bestwick

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25th January 2024

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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Alex Bestwick

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23rd August 2023

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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Factory commissioning of Merseyrail Class 777 begins

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Sam Hewitt

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4th November 2019

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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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 2019

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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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

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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Sam Hewitt

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2nd February 2019

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…
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