Jobs may be saved by lifeline contract for Bombardier

Posted on 12 Sep 2011 by The Manufacturer

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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