Merger Hitachi and Thales could negatively impact digitalisation, says UK body
Signals at Birmingham New Street Network Rail
Hitachi’s 1.7-billion-euro proposed acquisition of the Thales’ Ground Transportation (GTS) business could lead to a “substantial lessening of competition in the supply of digital mainline and urban signalling rail systems, impacting cost and service quality for passengers”, an investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally concluded.
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