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Archive for 18/02/2009
This is the age of the (Japanese) train (3)
18/02/2009 by admin.
The Derby Evening Telegraph has launched a “Change Track” campaign aimed at persuading ministers to reverse the decision to award the InterCity Express contract to the Japanese - and so safeguard hundreds of jobs on its patch.Deputy editor Neil White said: “We believe the Government has made a serious mistake in selecting a Japanese-led consortium ahead of Derby train-maker Bombardier as the preferred bidder for the £7.5bn contract to build new Intercity trains.
“One of the main planks of the successful bid was that it would create or safeguard 12,500 jobs in this country.
“So far, nobody, from Government or the consortium, has been able to tell us where those jobs are or will be.
“Thus, we owe it to the 12,000 workers who depend on Bombardier for their jobs to try to get the Department for Transport to change its mind.
The award of preferred bidder status to the Japanese consortium means it is almost certain to build the carriages, but there is a brief window of opportunity for the decision to be changed before contracts are signed.
More power tothe Telegraph elbow!
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