£60m Hull Trains electro-diesel train deal signed [Railway Gazette]
Date: 02/11/2016
Contracts worth £60m for Hitachi Rail Europe to supply and maintain five AT300 five-car electro-diesel multiple-units for use by open access company Hull Trains were finalised by the operator's parent company FirstGroup and leasing company Angel Trains on November 2.
This follows the granting of a 10-year track access agreement to the Yorkshire “ London open access operator, running from 2019 until December 2029.
Hitachi is to build the AT300 trainsets at its plant at Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, and maintain them at Bounds Green depot in north London. They are expected to come into service in 2019, running under 25 kV 50 Hz electrification on the East Coast Main Line and continuing on diesel power to Hull and Beverley.
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