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One of the vessels will be the largest cruise ship ever to have dry docked in a UK yard. Harland and Wolff has won the UK's first cruise ship contract in 20 years. The Belfast shipyard will undertake works on P&O's Aurora and Cunard's Queen Victoria in its dry docks for 33 days.
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The production and welding of a new fleet of Aurora trains have started for East Midlands Railways in Durham. The 33 trains are to be built by Hitachi Rail UK as part of a £110 million investment.
With the Aurora trains to enter service in 2023, there are presently over 40 newly qualified welders and painters working on them. (Permalink) Aurora East Midlands Railway Hitachi Rail |