Siemens, Bombardier to build 217 new train carriages for Go-Ahead Group |
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LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Train builders Siemens AG and Bombardier Inc are set to build 217 carriages, understood to be worth about 231 mln stg in total, for Go-Ahead Group's new UK West Midlands rail franchise.Go-Ahead chief executive Keith Ludeman said German manufacturer Siemens would make 37 electric Desiro trains for the new London Midland franchise, with deliveries starting in July 2009.'We have not placed an order yet, but Siemens will have made plans to enable them to start (production) pretty soon,' he told Thomson Financial News.Ludeman said Go-Ahead is also likely to place an order for 12 two-car and 15 three-car Turbostar trains with Canadian train builder Bombardier Inc, subject to terms.The diesels, to be delivered from July 2010, will replace older trains running on the Snow Hill line services in Birmingham.The diesel cars are worth about 1.2 mln stg each at list prices and the electric carriages about 1 mln apiece on the same basis.The UK government earlier said Govia, a joint venture in which Go-Ahead has a 65 pct stake and French consortium Keolis has 35 pct, had won the right to run the West Midlands franchise from November this year until September 2015.philip.waller@thomson.compaw/lceCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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