Date: 11/07/2008

A fleet of brand new electric trains will be rolling out in Scotland thanks to a deal worth over £200m announced by John Swinney today. Government agency Transport Scotland will fund the contract with Siemens and HSBC to provide 130 new rail carriages from December 2010 adding 9,000 seats to the Scottish network. The deal will also lead to 134 new jobs being created in Scotland to operate and maintain the new fleet and expanded depot facilities. [Sent in by James Young]

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Location: Transport Scotland
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11/07/2008 Transport Scotland