Alstom celebrated the start of construction work on its new technology centre and training academy in Widnes. The technology centre and training academy, for which Alstom invested EUR 25 million, will open in May 2017. Once open, it could offer 15,000 hours of training each year.
“We believe Britain can lead the world in the booming global rail industry but we need a modern, highly skilled workforce to achieve this. That is why this new academy is an exciting and very welcome development for the North West. We aim to create 30,000 apprenticeships across the country in road and rail by 2020. We want to attract the brightest young minds into the business and promote the cutting edge and high-technical careers on offer in today’s rail industry,” Rail Minister Paul Maynard said.
The first project that Alstom will deliver at the rail technology centre is re-painting the Pendolino fleet of 56 Class 390 ‘tilting’ trains used by Virgin on the West Coast Main Line. The project is worth €28 million.
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