Labour’s new transport secretary will sit down with Hitachi officials on Wednesday to discuss the future of the trainbuilder’s under-threat County Durham factory. Louise Haigh is due to meet with ...

Up to 250 jobs are at risk in a North East trainbuilder restructure. Hitachi Rail says it is moving to a new “core workforce model” at its factory in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, following the ...

Tyne and Wear Metro owner Nexus insists the race to build a new fleet of Metro trains is ongoing, despite reports that North East trainbuilder Hitachi has been rejected. Reports have claimed Hitachi, ...

Brodie has helped ­Caledonian Sleeper to commission its new Mark 5 fleet from Spanish trainbuilder CAF, and also undertakes bespoke design and manufacture work for specialist equipment, including rail ...

A North East trainbuilder has secured a £400 million contract to deliver next generation rolling stock for British lines. Hitachi Rail will supply 33 five-carriage trains to operator Abellio UK. The ...

HS2 considered adding a company to its £2.75bn rolling stock shortlist in a bid to resolve a High Court claim, documents from a legal challenge against the client’s procurement processes have alleged.

Bombardier and Hitachi have joined forces in a joint venture with the aim of building trains for High Speed 2 (HS2) – and in a related move, Spanish trainbuilder CAF has been invited to tender in a ...

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SPANISH trainbuilder CAF saw revenues and profits fall in 2015, but with new contracts recently signed its order backlog has risen. The company reported revenues of €1.28bn in 2015 compared with ...