HS2 Ltd has revealed the train builders vying to deliver Britain’s next generation of state-of-the-art high-speed trains, which will carry tens of thousands of people every day across the UK’s new high-speed network and beyond.

Operating at speeds of up to 360 kph, shortlisted bidders for the new train fleet are: Alstom Transport, Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd, Hitachi Rail Europe, Patentes Talgo SLU and Siemens PLC. Each will be invited to tender for the contracts, which will cover the design, build and maintenance of at least 54 trains coming into service from 2026. In total, HS2 will create around 25,000 jobs and 2000 apprenticeships both directly in construction and across the UK-wide supply chain. The first trains will begin to roll off the production line in the early 2020s. Welcoming the shortlist, HS2 Minister Paul Maynard says: “Thousands of skilled British jobs and apprenticeships will be created by HS2, which gets a step closer as we reveal the companies shortlisted to build the high-speed trains.”
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