Alstom to recruit following £42m deal
Rugby-based engineering giant Alstom is preparing to grow its workforce after winning a £42m contract from rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook.
Through the deal, Alstom will increase the capacity of London commuter fleets.
Porterbrook, one of the UK’s three major rolling stock leasing companies, has selected Alstom to create a fleet of 36 five-car suburban trains to run on South West Trains routes.
The new fleet will allow about 8,000 extra peak-time passengers to travel into London’s Waterloo station every morning.
Alstom said it will now recruit an additional 12 engineers to provide a team of 25 to support the project.
Terence Watson, managing director of Alstom Transport in the UK and Ireland, said: "We look forward to bringing Alstom’s local expertise to the fore in this key project that shows how industry partners can work well together to provide innovative, value for money proposals to meet rolling stock requirements."
The new vehicles will be brought into service in the spring of 2013, with the final train scheduled for delivery in spring 2014.
