Call to Ensure Plymouth Gets Next Generation Trains ; Guarantees Are Being Sought That Hard-Pressed Rail Passengers in Plymouth Will Not Miss Out On the Benefits of Next-Generation Express Trains.

Plymouth Evening Herald, The › February 20, 2009

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Guarantees are being sought that hard-pressed rail passengers in Plymouth will not miss out on the benefits of next-generation express trains.

Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announced last week a pounds7.5 billion contract to build and maintain a fleet of new Super Express trains for the Great Western and East Coast main lines. These will replace existing high speed trains which are 20 to -30 years old.

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Call to Ensure Plymouth Gets Next Generation Trains ; Guarantees Are Being Sought That Hard-Pressed Rail Passengers in Plymouth Will Not Miss Out On the Benefits of Next-Generation Express Trains.

By 2015, the trains will be linking London with Bristol and South Wales.

However, there will only be "option...

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