Hitachi Newton Aycliffe secures monumental £300m order
- Andrea Stephenson
- Apr 3
- 1 min read
A County Durham train builder has secured a monumental £300m contract to build dozens of “cutting-edge” battery hybrid train cars in a move bosses say will protect jobs at its factory.
Hitachi in Newton Aycliffe will deliver 45 state-of-the-art battery hybrid carriages for Grand Central in 2028, it has been revealed, as part of a major multi-million-pound order from Arriva.
The nine new “tri-mode” trains are expected to create more than 400,000 seats for passengers travelling from our region to Yorkshire and the capital as the ORR approve track access rights expansions for Grand Central until 2038.
