UK orders Europe’s fastest train in massive deal
PARIS: Britain will get Europe’s “fastest operational train” for its new high-speed rail line under a huge deal with a Franco-Japanese joint venture, the companies said in a statement on Thursday. French firm Alstom and Japan’s Hitachi Rail will build 54 trains under contracts worth nearly £2 billion ($2.6 billion, 2.3 billion euros) signed with … Read more