Some of the 1,400 jobs at risk at Bombardier’s train factory in Derby may be saved if the firm can secure a potential £120 million contract with the Government.
Bombardier Transportation UK is in talks with the Department for Transport (DfT) about a contract to upgrade diesel trains on the Cross Country Penzance-Aberdeen line to use a hybrid electrical power system. The new contract, if approved, would provide some consolation for the UK’s last domestic train building company, following the fall-out over the Government’s…
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