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British Rail Class 777
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2023· British class of electric multiple unit train
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 777010 at Hooton Station 20210728-1: Rodhullandemu· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Stadler Rail - Merseyrail Class 777 (49827029117): Kecko from Eastern Switzerland· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 777 METRO is a class of electric multiple unit passenger trains delivered by the Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler Rail, being used on the Merseyrail network in the Liverpool City Region and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire. The trains have the ability to operate on the third rail-powered sections of the network, with some units carrying onboard batteries to allow use on unpowered track. Ordered in 2016, construction of the units began in 2018.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 3 years ago, in 2023.
- 65 m long: about 14 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 182: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2023
- in service from
- 2023
- status
- in service
- number built
- 53
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- Merseyrail, Merseyrail Electrics
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 4 cars per unit:, DTSO, Driver's cab, Trailer car, Standard class, Open saloon-MSO, Motor car, Standard class, Open sal…
- length
- 65 m
- capacity
- 182 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39060717, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 777 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.