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Just see how much of the Class 800 is actually manufactured in the U.K. ....
http://www.hitachirail-eu.com/medialibrary/2015/12/08/8505fb80/IEPUKSupplyChain.JPG
Huber & Shuner are Swiss.
Harting are German
Lucchini are Italian
Knorr Bremse are German
Siemens are German
The only notable UK suppliers on there that are providing more than a UK distribution service would be the likes of...
BMAC, Petards (Joyce Lobel), Arrowvale, DCA, Treadmaster, ROMAG, LPA Excil and Brecknell Willis. At a push Thales for AWS/TPWS.
Hardly all major and integral systems...
It's hardly like the 'good ol days' where everything is made and assembled by Met Cam from base materials with sub assemblies coming from the likes of the above companies.
The UK, in the real world, now, makes high tech and specialised sub systems for rail, some of which are only used in the UK anyway. (AWS/TPWS, DRA etc.)
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