It was the largest ever single investment in railway rolling stock in Northern Ireland.
Earlier this year Hitachi confirmed a factory in County Durham would build rolling stock for high-speed trains.
The air is thick with promises of new rolling stock if only franchises were a wee bit longer.
The rolling stock will also be available for special events such as Millennium Stadium events and sporting fixtures.
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"Obviously we need to continue to look at ways of increasing rolling stock for these lines, " he said.
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Newcastle University engineers have developed blast-resilient rolling stock after drawing on lessons learned from the 7 July, 2005 suicide bombings.
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Mr Jones also answered questions on child poverty, rolling stock and the performance of the ambulance service in south west Wales.
Twelve modern Class 175 trains, currrently with the Trans Pennine service, will replace older rolling stock in the Arriva Trains Wales fleet.
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"We think the government should ensure that rolling stock is commissioned now for the next franchise operator to take over, " he said.
James Lewis, chairman of West Yorkshire Metro, said a deal done with the government on new rolling stock had forced the rise.
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It said during talks the DfT "indicated there will be no service enhancements or additional rolling stock for the West of England area".
Likewise, the increase in services mentioned above means, in the event of a breakdown, there is less spare rolling stock for contingency use.
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During the trip to Baker Street, the royal party met ticket, maintenance and train staff, including people involved in the restoration of rolling stock.
With passenger numbers growing at around 6% a year to nearly 850m, the need to accelerate investment in track and rolling stock is urgent.
Train operators will be required to invest in new rolling stock under the terms of their new 20-year franchises, which are now being negotiated.
The slate roofs of the Bombardier factory testify to its Victorian heritage: rolling stock has been manufactured at the site since the mid-19th century.
The West of England Partnership said it had been told in government talks there would be no investment in rolling stock during an interim two-year franchise.
Bombardier's Litchurch Lane plant in Derby - where about 3, 000 people are employed - is the last rolling stock manufacturer in the UK with a 150-year history.
Dave Meredith points out that Virgin has improved its rolling stock, and praises the "laptop and mobile phone power points, onboard radio stations, and clean, comfy seating".
At the right price a rail franchise should be a good source of cash: since operators own neither track nor rolling stock, they require little capital investment.
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Even if Mr. Winzen turns out to be wrong by half, it would still represent a radical shift in personal mobility, a wholesale electrification of the world's rolling stock.
Sir Moir wearily insists that many of the problems stem from under-investment by Network Rail, which owns the tracks, and points to his own firm's investment in new rolling stock.
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While Rolls-Royce hawks its wares around the world, Bombardier's facilities (across Europe and North America, as well as in Derby) have depended on single contracts to build local rolling stock.
This limited secondary market, the rail operators argue, means that they cannot justify spending large sums on rolling stock unless they are sure of keeping their franchises long enough to recover their investments.
With new rolling stock being introduced and investment in signalling and track beginning to work its way through, the teething problems of privatisation should in any case begin to recede as the next election approaches.
It may also be an expensive one, as subsidies may have to be offered as an incentive - short-term contracts are not an attractive proposition when long-term assurances are needed for things such as leasing rolling stock.
The Rail Freight Group says that to transfer 25% of all lorry loads over the next ten years would require about 1, 000 additional freight trains, together with a network of terminals around the country, plus substantial investment in rolling stock, locomotives and equipment.
The first is to alter the pricing system that connects the train operators, Railtrack and the rolling-stock companies.
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