northernbelle
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I've never read such a lot of drivel in my life.
Bombardier/Siemens basically walked away because they felt the constraints of what were being asked to do were too much - only Hitachi were willing to the take the risk on a complex set of circumstances.
And as for 'Firstgroup won't develop its own product because of its financial state' - you'll find most leasing companies purchase trains from an 'off the shelf' platform - CAF Civity, Siemens Desiro, Stadler FLIRT, Hitachi A-Train ... they're all tweaked from a basic design. Of course it *could* be that Firstgroup (and EMR, Scotrail, East Coast) lease AT200/300 because they are the product that best-met the needs of the business at the time.
Bombardier/Siemens basically walked away because they felt the constraints of what were being asked to do were too much - only Hitachi were willing to the take the risk on a complex set of circumstances.
And as for 'Firstgroup won't develop its own product because of its financial state' - you'll find most leasing companies purchase trains from an 'off the shelf' platform - CAF Civity, Siemens Desiro, Stadler FLIRT, Hitachi A-Train ... they're all tweaked from a basic design. Of course it *could* be that Firstgroup (and EMR, Scotrail, East Coast) lease AT200/300 because they are the product that best-met the needs of the business at the time.