Alstom (EU:ALO) has secured contracts worth more than €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) to supply and maintain 29 battery-electric trains for TransPennine Express in the UK.
The rolling stock order represents approximately €930 million of the total contract value.
Delivery of the new fleet is scheduled to begin in 2032. The trains will support the Transpennine Route Upgrade in northern England.
Alstom said the contracts will create more than 350 jobs in Derby and support 5,500 positions across its UK supply chain.
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