Transport for London buys 45 Overground trains from Bombardier
Transport for London has signed a £358m deal with train maker Bombardier for 45 new trains that will increase capacity and reduce travel time on several London Overground routes.
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Canada's Bombardier has won two contracts to supply 45 four-car electric trains, with designs that include walk-through carriages, air-conditioning and improved accessibility.
The first contract is to design, manufacture, commission and introduce into service the new vehicles, with the second a 35-year agreement to provide maintenance for the new vehicles.
In addition to the base contracts, the contracts also include an option for up to 24 additional trains and another to extend the maintenance support for five years.
The vehicles will be built in Derby and Bombardier pledged that the new contract will help to create hundreds of job opportunities in the Midlands area as well as more than 20 apprenticeships.
Bombardier said 31 of the trains will go into operation on West Anglia routes from London Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt and Chingford, and between Romford and Upminster after responsibility for the line transferred to TfL in May 2015.
The remaining 14 four-car trains will enter service on current London Overground routes which include Gospel Oak to Barking, due to be electrified by 2017, and Euston to Watford. The new trains are expected to enter into passenger service between December 2017 and October 2018.