Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 12 February 2009
Passengers and economy to benefit from biggest investment in trains for a generation

2009-02-12 DfT-001 1

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 6 July 2010
Rolling Stock

2010-07-06 DfT-001 2

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 25 July 2012
£4.5 billion investment in new trains creates new jobs

2012-07-25 DfT-001 3

Archive ::: Press release

Hitachi Ltd 25 July 2012
Intercity Express Programme financial close paves way for Hitachi investment in rail manufacturing and assembly plant

2012-07-25 HIT-001 4

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 1 November 2013
Strengthening Britain’s train-building industry

2013-11-01 DfT-002 5

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 16 October 2014
Minister sees the future of Britain’s train fleet

2014-10-16 DfT-001 6

Archive ::: Press release

First Great Western 23 March 2015
Largest train fleet upgrade in a generation drives more seats, faster services and greater connectivity for First Great Western customers

2015-03-23 FGW-001 7

Archive ::: Press release

Hitachi Rail Europe 23 March 2015
Hitachi Rail Europe named as FirstGroup's preferred supplier to provide fleet of new AT300 trains for the South West

2015-03-23 HIT-001 8

Archive ::: Press release 2

Eversholt Rail Group 30 July 2015
Eversholt Rail to finance new trains for First Great Western

2015-07-30 EVE-001 9

Archive ::: Press release

Hitachi Rail Group 30 July 2015
New high speed trains confirmed for the South West

2015-07-30 HIT-001 10

Archive ::: Press release

Welsh Government 17 July 2017
Welsh Government announce extra rolling stock to improve rail services

2017-07-17 WGO-001 11

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 20 July 2017
New improvements for rail passengers in Wales, the midlands and the north

2017-07-20 DfT-003 12

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 29 November 2017
The future of the Great Western franchise

2017-11-29 DfT-002 13

Archive ::: Speech (full) 2

Department for Transport 12 February 2018
Let’s raise our ambitions for a cleaner, greener railway

2018-02-12 DfT-001 14

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 28 February 2018
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling commits to delivering a modern railway in the south-west resilient to extreme weather

2018-02-28 DfT-002 15

Archive ::: Press release 5

Department for Transport 2 April 2019
Triple bill of better compensation, new trains and faster services on Greater Anglia

2019-04-02 DfT-001 16

Archive ::: Press release

Abellio 9 May 2019
£600 million improvements for East Midlands Railway by Abellio confirmed

2019-05-09 ABB-001 17

Archive ::: Statement 2

FirstGroup/Trenitalia 14 August 2019
Firstgroup and Trenitalia welcome West Coast Partnership award

2019-08-14 FIR-001 18

Archive ::: Press release

FirstGroup 6 December 2019
First Trenitalia chooses Hitachi Rail to build new InterCity trains for Avanti West Coast

2019-12-06 FIR-001 19

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 10 October 2025
Half of rail operators publicly owned with Greater Anglia onboard

2025-10-10 DfT-001 20