Date: 21/09/2016

MTU, a division of Rolls-Royce, will continue supplying PowerPacks for the Hitachi trains used on the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) after a new long-term contract was announced today.
The company will provide additional MTU Series 1600 PowerPacks on top of 250 packs it was originally contracted to deliver for the Class 800 and 801 trains in 2012.
It will also assume responsibility for their maintenance “ both preventative and any repairs or major overhauls “ from 2017, under a contract set to last the 27.5 years of Hitachi^s service and maintenance contract for the IEP.

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