Date: 22/01/2016

BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail announced on January 22 that it has signed contracts with Arriva Rail North and CAF to finance and procure 281 regional multiple unit vehicles for the new nine-year Northern franchise, which starts in April. The £490m order comprises 31 three-car and 12 four-car EMUs together with 25 two-car and 30 three-car DMUs, all of which are due to enter service by December 2018. [From Richard Buckby]

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CAF to supply 98 trains for Britain's Northern franchise - International Railway Journal

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