This from the Grauniad...
"There is a process we are legally bound to follow and we will follow
that process. I'm not saying there won't be [a UK supplier] but we are
honour bound by the process. Everybody in the UK would like a UK
supplier to win that contract. It would be a huge fillip for UK
industry. That decision will be taken by the Crossrail board."
Hammond
said that though the Thameslink network's 1,140 new carriages would be
built in Germany there was a big benefit from the project for Britain's
wider supply chain.
Quite so.
Let's hope it's not a maiden over on the 5th February...
UPDATE: This from Boadicea...
According to Global Rail News:
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the German Railway Industry Association (VDB) have agreed to work more closely together to encourage greater collaboration with the domestic supply chain.
The partnership will strengthen ties between DB and the rail industry and involve German suppliers earlier in the development of new vehicles for the network.
A formal agreement was signed between DB chief executive Rüdiger Grube, DB’s rail technology lead Heike Hanagarth and the president and vice president of VDB Michael Claus Ecker and Jürgen Wilder in Berlin earlier this week.
No shit Sherlock!
No doubt RIA and the DfT are already on the case?
Grimsby and Back
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