RAILSCOT | The 5 bidders for HS2 train order reveal their designs [Rail Engineer]

The 5 bidders for HS2 train order reveal their designs [Rail Engineer]

Date: 11/06/2019

Five organisations are bidding for a contract to design, manufacture and maintain the trains for the first phase of HS2. The original list was Alstom, Bombardier, Hitachi, Siemens and Talgo. When Bombardier and Hitachi decided to make a joint bid, CAF was added to the list to maintain five bidders.

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27/12/2011	Jobs hope over £188m Bombardier order [BBC News]
09/12/2011	Forth Bridge painting completed [BBC News]
29/11/2011	Prestwick Town station is blooming lovely [Rail.co]
22/11/2011	Next! £2m fleet closer to launch [Blackpool Gazette]
14/11/2011	Bombardier awarded £15m ScotRail contract [BBC News]
08/11/2011	Scotland urged to begin work for high-speed rail link [BBC News]
11/09/2011	Cross Country contract may save Derby Bombardier jobs [BBC News]
09/09/2011	Blackpool Supertram is here [Blackpool Gazette]
05/09/2011	Forth Bridge makes final brush with modern myth [Network Rail]
29/08/2011	Crossrail delays competition for £16bn train manufacturing contract [Guardian]
10/08/2011	First tram ready to roll into town [Gazette]
05/08/2011	The next stop in London's railway renaissance [Evening Standard]
26/07/2011	Siemens let off steam in latest Bombardier rail jobs row [BBC News]
05/07/2011	Train-Maker Bombardier Cuts Over 1,400 Jobs [Sky News]
04/07/2011	Bombardier to announce 'substantial' job losses [Guardian]
28/05/2011	Firms vie for Hitachi train contracts in County Durham [BBC]
27/02/2011	Councils oppose high speed rail route [LocalGovUK]
23/01/2011	Channel tunnel row threatens to derail high speed London - Frankfurt link [Guardian]
09/12/2010	First new 11-car Pendolino arrives in Britain [Rail Engineer]
29/10/2010	Testing times [Rail-News]
11/09/2010	DB/Siemens clash on train costs [Reuters]
08/06/2010	Hitachi shares hit by doubts over UK train deal [The Times]
26/02/2010	U.K. Delays Hitachi Express-Train Order [Bloomberg]
10/02/2010	Alstom offers world's fastest train to China [Business Week]
09/09/2009	Eyesore former cafe at Carlisle train station being demolished [News & Star article]
15/05/2009	Glasgow Siemens train depot work starts [Transport Briefing]
13/02/2009	UK £7.5 billion train order lost to Japan's Hitachi [The Times]
11/07/2008	New Trains for Scotlands growing railways [Transport Scotland]
20/09/2007	CAF wins city trams endorsement [BBC News]
16/06/2007	Plans approved for Botanic Gardens Station
31/08/2006	The cafe-bar due to arrive at the port used to be a train.. [Scotsman]
28/08/2006	Can this old rail station bring cafe culture to botanics? [Evening Times]
05/04/2006	First ScotRail agrees Bombardier contracts [First ScotRail]
20/12/2000	Class 334 test-running, Class 158 refurbishment

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