Hitachi, Ltd. and others have announced that they have received orders for the manufacture and maintenance of more than 400 rolling stock in the next-generation high-speed railway business in the United Kingdom.
Hitachi, Ltd. announced on the 9th that it has received an order for the next-generation high-speed railway business in the United Kingdom together with the French manufacturer Alstom.
Specifically, with 54 trains, a total of 432 cars designed and manufactured, and a 12-year maintenance business, the total order amount is 1.97 billion pounds, which is about 300 billion yen in Japanese yen.
The next-generation railroad will connect London with central Birmingham and other areas, with a maximum speed of 360 km / h, and the company says it will be the fastest railroad in Europe.
Hitachi has a railway manufacturing base in the United Kingdom, and the project will create more than 2,500 jobs, and Transport Minister Shaps said, "The United Kingdom will be at the forefront of the next-generation railway revolution." Welcomed.
Hitachi has a track record of receiving orders for high-speed railways in the United Kingdom, and it seems that attention will be paid to whether this order will give momentum to the expansion of overseas expansion of the latest technology.