Hitachi Joint Winner in UK Train Tender: The Times

The UK government is on the verge of announcing that Hitachi’s factory at Newton Aycliffe in County Durham will be co-awarded a £2.8 billion contract for the most prestigious train manufacturing project in the country’s history, The Times reported.

The long-awaited contract to produce at least 54 trains that can run at 225mph, are up to 400 metres long and able to carry more than 1,000 people, is to be awarded to a joint venture between Hitachi and Alstom of France.

Read the full report: The Times.

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George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.