STATEMENT FROM EXPRESS RAIL ALLIANCE
2 December 2009
We are extremely disappointed not to have been awarded preferred bidder status for the UK Government’s Intercity Express programme led by the Department for Transport.
The members of the Express Rail Alliance (ERA) consortium, which includes the UK train manufacturer Bombardier together with Siemens, Angel Trains and funds managed by Babcock & Brown, have spent 18 months developing a compliant, competitively-priced, innovative and sustainable solution, which would have significantly benefitted the rail manufacturing economy in the UK and Europe
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The ERA consortium feels that at this point in time, it would be inappropriate to comment further.