How Not to Build Trains

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  • CRESC has released a new Pubic Interest Report: Knowing What to Do? How not to Build Trains. This argues that the UK government's June 2011 decision to award the contract for new Thameslink trains to Siemens in Germany rather than the Bombardier rail works in Derby was based on a narrow, Which? style 'best buy' logic that ignores wider considerations including the tax revenues from UK employment, and is distorted by PFI considerations.

    The Report

    For the report, a press release, and a pdf download of both please visit this page.

    Press Coverage

    To follow press coverage of the Bombardier controversy and the CRESC report please click here.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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