WH Davis, the UK’s sole remaining independent railway wagon manufacturer – and part of Buckland Rail – has secured a €44m export deal to supply 150 freight wagons to Ireland with support from the UK’s export credit agency. The contract represents the first order under a 10-year framework agreement that could see the number of wagons supplied rise to 400. Deliveries are expected to start in summer 2026.

The contract is expected to facilitate a significant expansion of the company’s workforce by 25%, taking the total number of employees on site to 100. The jobs will be located at WH Davis’s manufacturing site in Shirebrook, an ex-mining village in the East Midlands, helping to revitalise employment in the area. 

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