Hitachi/Alstom to build 52 high speed trains for HS2
Going underground? Signifcant lengths of HS2 have been buried under the Home Counties countryside, but there seems little chance of that in Manchester Source: HS2
The HS2 project organization has announced that the Hitachi/Alstom JV consortium has been awarded the contract for the construction of 54 new high-speed trains. The contracts are worth approximately two billion British pounds (2.6 billion euros). HS2 (High Speed 2) is a new high-speed line that will connect London with the city centers of Birmingham and Manchester.
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