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Express delivery for state-of-the-art traincare

 

Like FirstPennine Express’s other traincare depot being completed in Manchester, the new facility is one of two
maintenance homes for the £250 million Class 185 Desiro fleet of diesel trains Siemens is currently building and
testing. They are due to be fully operational and in passenger service next spring.

First TransPennine Express’s managing director says that
such are the significant improvements of the new trains, it is
vital they are mantained and cleaned to the highest standards
in purpose built facilities. With the capability to service up to
nine three-car trains each evening, the new depot in York will
also see trains stabled there overnight.

As the UK’s no.1 manufacturer of corrugated steel drainage
pipes and tanks, Tubosider has been fundamental to major
public and private contracts including roads, airports, sports
stadia, retail parks, schools and hospitals for almost 20 years.

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It recently moved to a striking new purpose built
factory in St Helens to meet strong demand for its
products right across the construction industry,
and enjoyed a 25% increase in sales for 2005,
thanks in large part to its thriving stormwater
attenuation tanks business. The company also
produces bolted plate and liner plate structures,
acoustic barriers, highway guardrails, parapet
systems and rockfall and avalanche barriers.