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Old February 13th 08, 08:50 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
Lüko Willms Lüko Willms is offline
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Am Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:58:28 UTC, schrieb Mizter T
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I would strongly expect that TfL is leasing them from the manufacturer
Bombardier, and no Rosco will be involved.


Your expectation was not strong enough:


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31 January 2008

ANGEL TRAINS ORDERS "GREEN TRAINS" FOR THE UK RAIL MARKET

Angel Trains has placed a major order for Class 172 cars from
Bombardier Transportation's next generation 'Green Trains' for London
Overground Rail Operations Limited (LOROL) and Chiltern Railways. The
contract, worth approximately 33 million GBP, is for eight 2-car next
generation diesel multiple units for use on the London Overground
network and four 2-car units for Chiltern Railways.
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full: http://www.angeltrains.com/press/release.aspx?Id=692



Cheers,
L.W.