Siemens order win costs over 1,400 Bombardier jobs in the UK

Canada-headquartered Bombardier, which claims to be the world’s largest train manufacturer, has today announced over 1,400 jobs are to go at its plant in Derby, Britain’s last remaining railway carriage factory. Today’s announcement follows last month’s decision by the UK government to award to Siemens a contract for 1,200 carriages for the Thameslink commuter service in the London area, with the majority of the manufacturing being undertaken in Germany.
April 17, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Canada-headquartered 513 Bombardier, which claims to be the world’s largest train manufacturer, has today announced over 1,400 jobs are to go at its plant in Derby, Britain’s last remaining railway carriage factory. Today’s announcement follows last month’s decision by the UK government to award to 189 Siemens a contract for 1,200 carriages for the Thameslink commuter service in the London area, with the majority of the manufacturing being undertaken in Germany.

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