The Department for Transport has deferred the decision to proceed with the Intercity Express fast train programme until the Government's spending review in October.
The Intercity Express Programme (IEP) would provide new trains for the East Coast and Great Western Main Lines, and is separate from the High Speed 2 proposal. Agility Trains was made the preferred bidder for the contract to build the trains in February 2009. Agility is a consortium comprising engineering group John Laing, Hitachi and…
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