Date: 08/03/2016

Scotlands new fleet of Japanese super-trains is set to create around 50 jobs at a new stabling and cleaning depot at Millerhill. The depot will be built at the former rail marshalling yard which is already used as a base for track maintenance operations.

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Train cleaning depot to provide 50 new jobs

Scotsman

Scotland’s new fleet of Japanese super-trains is set to create around 50 jobs at a new stabling and cleaning depot at Millerhill.

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