£2.7bn train-building deal sealed

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Funding has finally been secured to bring new high-speed trains to a key London to Scotland route in a £2.7 billion job-boosting contract.

The Government announced that a total of 497 carriages for the East Coast line will be built at Hitachi Rail Europe's purpose-built factory in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, creating 730 jobs.