The £82m rolling stock manufacturing and assembly facility in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham is expected to come online on 3 September and will be Hitachi Rail Europe's first train factory in Europe.
According to Hitachi, the site will initially be used to build a total of 866 Class 800/801 Super Express Trains due to operate on the Great Western Main Line (from 2017) and the East Coast Main Line (from 2018). Located in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, the new facility will also support the UK’s Intercity Express Programme (IEP) and manufacture a…
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