5,000 miles electrified as DfT looks at Hitachi plan?

摘要

Hitachi Rail Systems has submitted its tender for the Intercity Express Programme (IEP). Said the company's general manager, Alistair Dormer: "We have designed the Hitachi Super Express Train using proven technology from the latest Shinkansen 'Bullet Train' and from the 140mph Hitachi Class 395 EMUs for the UK's High Speed One line, which are to enter service in Kent in 2009." The Hitachi IEP bid has been made under the name Agility Trains Ltd, a consortium comprising Hitachi, Barclays Private Equity and John Laing Projects & Development.