Alstom slashes lead times for new high-speed trains_2
19 July 2012
Train manufacturer Alstom UK has cut lead times on the high-speed tilting trains to run on the overhauled West Coast mainline network by more than a third.
Warren Taylor, group purchasing director for Alstom UK, told SM the company had had to cut the turnaround for the new trains to around two and half years, a year less than was normally the case.
“This makes life-cycle costing very demanding and highlights the need for supplier capacity planning,” he said.
Alstom, which will import the carriage shells from...