Written question asked by Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord De Mauley (Conservative) on Monday, 3 October 2011.

Railways: Train Design

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Shutt of Greetland on 5 September (WA 22–23), how the design and manufacture in Japan of the Hitachi trains for the Intercity express programme contract will act as a stimulus to the United Kingdom rolling stock design and building capacity.

Answer: Agility Trains (the Hitachi consortium for IEP) propose to assemble the IEP train in a new factory in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, creating 600 permanent jobs. Only the first few prototype vehicles will be fully assembled in Japan, with the remainder built in the UK. As is consistent with the global nature of the rolling stock supply chain, Agility expect to procure a significant proportion of components for the trains from the UK, Europe and internationally.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 11755; 730 c139-40WA
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Railways: Train Design
Monday, 5 September 2011
Written questions
House of Lords
Notes: Answer received between Thursday 15 September and Monday 26 September 2011.
Subjects: Japan Manufacturing industries Procurement Trains Rolling stock Agility Trains
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk