Hitachi Launches It's First British-built Intercity Train
NEWTON AYCLIFFE, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 09: Work is carried out on the new Intercity Express trains at the Hitachi Rail Europe site on December 9, 2016 in Newton Aycliffe, United Kingdom. The first British-built Intercity Express train have been unveiled at the site. Hopes that the North East could win the contract to build the trains for the HS2 rail link at the factory were given a boost recently when Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said that the Government would ensure that the trains were built in the UK. The tender process will take place towards the end of the decade. The trains will run on the £55 billion rail link between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds and the Department of Transport have confirmed that trains will also run to Darlington, Durham and Newcastle using the East Coast Main Line between Newcastle and York. The trains will be 200 metres long with the possibility of connecting two trains to produce a 400-metre-long train with 1,100 seats. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
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