European Investment Bank has under appraisal Merseytravel’s project on electric rolling stock acquisition. The new vehicles will be put into service on Merseytravel’s network in Merseyside, Cheshire and West Lancashire in the northwest of England together with associated upgrades to the railway’s infrastructure and maintenance depots.
The total cost of the project is EUR 516 million of which proposed EIB finance is EUR 245 million.
Merseytravel wishes to procure a new fleet which will be in service by the early 2020s.
Merseytravel is the passenger transport executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in the Liverpool City Region, North West England.
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