Hitachi and Alstom win order to build and maintain High Speed Two trains in Britain
Major economic boost – thousands of green jobs created and secured to build new generation of 54 high speed trains in North and Midlands, adding £1.1billion GVA during manufacturing to grow and level up the economy The contract – worth around £2billion - will be delivered at Hitachi Rail’s new advanced welding facility in Newton Aycliffe, at a new production line at Alsto