# Hitachi Rail opens new welding and painting facility in Newton Aycliffe, UK

Hitachi Rail has opened a new welding and painting facility at its train manufacturing plant in Newton Aycliffe, UK, to build next-generation intercity trains for East Midlands Railway and Avanti West Coast. Around 40 staff will be employed.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-03-17
- Where: Newton Aycliffe, UK, United Kingdom
- Jobs: 40
- Status: completed
- Products: trains
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Hitachi Rail](https://endata.com/companies/9442.md)

## Sources

- [schsiteservices.co.uk](https://www.schsiteservices.co.uk/post/providing-our-expertise-for-very-local-projects-the-new-hitachi-rail-welding-and-painting-facility), 2021-03-17: "New welding and painting facilities will be used to build the next generation of intercity trains for East Midlands Railway and Avanti West Coast at Hitachi, in Newton Aycliffe."

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