IEP CGI video from Hitachi Rail Europe - Hitachi

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Channel: Hitachi · 2012 · Science & Technology

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High definition CGI video from Hitachi Rail Europe detailing the initial views of the new Intercity Express trains commissioned by the DfT to Agility Trains Ltd. Agility Trains Ltd. is a bidding consortium formed to bid for the UK Intercity Express Programme. The company shareholders are Hitachi Ltd (70%) and John Laing plc (30%). 

About Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd. 
Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Europe, Ltd. and is headquartered in London, UK. Hitachi Rail Europe is a total railway system supplier offering rolling stock, traction equipment, signalling, traffic management systems, and maintenance depots. 

Hitachi draws on many years of experience as a leading supplier of high-speed trains such as the Shinkansen (bullet train) for the Japanese and international markets. In Europe, Hitachi Rail Europe's first rolling stock contract was to deliver a fleet of 29 Class 395 trains, the first domestic high-speed train in the UK. The trains are maintained at Hitachi's state of the art depot in Ashford, Kent.

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