BOMBARDIER AND HITACHI RAIL’S JOINT BID TO BUILD TRAINS FOR HS2 IS CALLING ON EXPERIENCE FROM OVERSEAS, AS PHILIP SHERRATT RELATES
Joint ventures are all the rage nowadays. No longer do train operating groups typically own 100% of a company – many have partnered to share risk and bring in extra experience. For the West Coast Partnership franchise, to include the initial operation of services on HS2, partnering with a company with experience of high-speed operation was mandated in the tender. So, too, with the construction contracts for HS2, where consortia dominate the lists of bidders.
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