Saturday 20 Jul 2013 @ 09:10
Department for Transport
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Government gives green light for more state-of-the-art intercity trains
£1.2 billion deal to transform rail travel on East Coast Main Line.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has recently (18 July 2013) confirmed a £1.2 billion order for more state-of-the-art trains to transform rail travel on one of Britain’s busiest intercity routes.
The 270 carriages will be manufactured in Britain by Hitachi Rail Europe at its new purpose-built factory in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, as part of the government’s overall £5.8 billion Intercity Express Programme (IEP).
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