On Jul 14, 2:09 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
The usual suspects, Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens; plus Hitachi, have applied
to build the Thameslink EMUs.

This phase of the procurement process seems fairly predictable, would the
DfT not save time and money by prequalifying the first three for any future
UK rolling stock builds, or would that be against the rules, in case there
are other train builders around who might be interested?

The DfT would save even more taxpayers money if they just built
another batch of the dual voltage 376/377 series with any appropriate
traction system upgrades. But that would require a bit of common sense
in government - a rare commodity.

B2003