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Reece Waldock is a retired senior Australian public servant. Most recently he served concurrently as Director-General of the WA Department of Transport,Commissioner of Main Roads Western Australia and CEO of the WA Public Transport Authority,between May 2010 and July 2016.
The British Rail Class 777 METRO is a class of electric multiple unit passenger trains currently under construction by Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler Rail,being used on the Merseyrail network in the Liverpool City Region and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire. Ordered in 2016,construction of the units began in 2018. The first unit entered service on 23 January 2023,following delays to the deployment programme. The Class 777 will replace Merseyrail's current Class 507 and Class 508 units,which were built between 1978 and 1980. Seven units of the total 53 ordered are being configured as battery electric multiple units (BEMUs) for use on non-electrified lines,and will be designated subclass 777/1.
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- ↑ "Merseytravel chief executive Neil Scales leaves for new transport job in Australia". Liverpool Echo. Trinity Mirror Merseyside. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
- ↑ "Neil Scales to leave Merseytravel for TransLink, Australia". Global Rail News. Rail Media. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
- ↑ Department of Transport and Main Roads, Director-General, Queensland Government, archived from the original on 17 March 2015
- 1 2 Emerson, Scott (1 March 2013). "Neil Scales appointed TMR Director-General" (Press release). Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
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