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    The HS2 rolling stock are trains for the under-construction High Speed 2 (HS2) high-speed rail line in the United Kingdom. The contract was awarded to...
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    High Speed 2 (redirect from HS2)
    (3 ft 0 in) with some variation. In December 2021, DfT and HS2 announced that the rolling-stock contract had been awarded to the Hitachi–Alstom joint venture...
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    CAF, Hitachi, Siemens and Talgo. In December 2021, the contract for HS2 rolling stock was awarded to a joint venture between Hitachi Rail and Alstom, for...
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    venture between Bombardier (later Alstom) and Hitachi Rail for the HS2 rolling stock tender for its first phase, for which it was awarded the contract...
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    new housing estate. In December 2021 the contract for delivery of HS2 rolling stock was awarded to a partnership between Hitachi Rail and Alstom. Alstom's...
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    metropolitan population of over 18 million. At the start of the franchise, the rolling stock used for these services consisted of 56 Class 390 Pendolino high speed...
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  • identify passenger rolling stock designs that will provide ‘a glimpse of the future’ and showcase the capability of the rolling stock supply chain to deliver...
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    and 810 train sets. In December 2021, it was announced that the rolling stock for the HS2 line, would be produced as a joint venture between Hitachi and...
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    scheme to expand. In July 2018, it was announced that a rolling stock facility for the proposed HS2 line would be located in Leeds in the Gateway 45 area...
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    depot is a planned depot in Washwood Heath, Birmingham for High Speed 2 (HS2), a high-speed railway line under construction in the United Kingdom. Planning...
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    gauge as well as the HS2 line. The "classic compatible" trainsets will cost £40 million per trainset whereas the HS2-only stock (built to European loading...
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    CAF Newport (category CAF rolling stock)
    CAF Newport is a rolling stock factory located at Celtic Business Park, near Llanwern steelworks in Newport. The site was announced as a train-building...
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    2b: the remainder of phase 2 The concept of HS2 was that all major cities covered would have a city centre HS2 station. Liverpool, along with London, Birmingham...
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    essentially a shortened variant of the typical Eurostar sets; the combined rolling stock and infrastructure investment into the regional Eurostar service reportedly...
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    HS2, despite challenges". ITV News. London: ITN. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022. "Crossrail rolling stock...
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    Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (category Rolling stock manufacturers of Spain)
    manufacture almost any type of rail vehicle. CAF has supplied railway rolling stock to a number of major urban transit operators around Europe, the US,...
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  • km/h under construction (HS2). The East Coast Main Line will be increased from 200 to 225 km/h after re-signaling. Rolling stock is ready to be used on...
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    Siemens Goole (category Rolling stock manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
    four train builders invited to bid for the contract to provide rolling stock for the HS2 line. One of the stipulations of the contract was that if the...
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    collections of both historic and commercial railway locomotives and rolling stock. Peter Alan Waterman was born in Stoke Heath, Coventry, Warwickshire...
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    franchise commitments was to replace the British Rail-era locomotives and rolling stock inherited by Virgin West Coast with brand new tilting trains. Following...
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    and business leaders together with Network Rail, National Highways, and HS2 and works with the UK Government. The organisation has offices in Manchester...
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    permanent works on HS2's west London 'super-hub' station". HS2. June 2021. Lydall, Ross (5 February 2019). "Designs unveiled for new £1bn HS2 hub on site of...
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    constructed locomotives, coaching stock, multiple units and freight wagons, as well as a number of non-rolling stock items required for the everyday running...
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    but with a higher long-term cost due to shorter life expectancy of rolling stock. The Leeds FTR service initially served the boroughs of Pudsey and Seacroft...
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  • stations, but not the passenger or commercial freight rolling stock, other than its limited departmental stock.[citation needed] While it owns over 2,500 railway...
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    franchise commitments was to replace the British Rail-era locomotives and rolling stock inherited by Virgin West Coast with brand new tilting trains.. It was...
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    replaced with newer rolling stock. When the first London Overground services began, they were operated using Silverlink rolling stock which retained Silverlink's...
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    consortium. It has a total length of 32 km (20 mi) As of 2024, the rolling stock consists of 15 Bombardier Incentro AT6/5 and 22 Alstom Citadis 302....
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    manufacturers selected to tender for High Speed 2 rolling stock CAF presented their Oaris trains as passenger trains for HS2. June 2021: The trainsets delivered to...
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    Derby Litchurch Lane Works (category Rolling stock manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
    Litchurch Lane Works, formerly Derby Carriage and Wagon Works, is a railway rolling stock factory in Derby, England. It is presently owned by the multinational...
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