Don't think this has been in uk.railway yet.

Notwithstanding suggestions that IEP may be already dead, here goes,
as RGI is a serious source I assume its a serious product:

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2008/09/8841/intercity_express_design_unveiled.html

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Intercity Express design unveiled
11 Sep 2008
UK: The Express Rail Alliance consortium has released computer-
generated impressions of the designs it has put forward under the
Intercity Express Programme to develop the UK's next generation of
inter-city trains.
The Department for Transport is seeking to replace the existing fleet
of IC125 diesel and IC225 electric trains with between 500 and 2 000
vehicles, which will be procured under a train provision contract
lasting around 30 years.
The ERA consortium brings together rolling stock manufacturers
Bombardier and Siemens, leasing firm Angel Trains and financiers
Babcock & Brown. A rival IEP bid has been submitted by Agility Trains,
a consortium of Hitachi, Barclays Private Equity and John Laing
Projects and Developments. A consortium of Alstom and Barclays Private
Equity decided not to bid, Alstom preferring to concentrate on further
development of it existing product lines.
Express Rail Alliance proposal for IEP
Bombardier and Siemens said they are working together because of the
scale of the engineering resources which will be needed to deliver the
quantity of trains within the required timescales. Neither
manufacturer produces a product platform which could be adapted to
meet the IEP specifications.
'A new high speed train platform typically has up to 800 000
engineering hours behind it', said Colin Watson, Chairman of
Bombardier Transportation UK, when the partnership was announced in
June 2007. 'The programme has a potential requirement of approaching
400 engineers committed full time to one project.'
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On Sep 11, 7:33 pm, D7666  wrote:
> Don't think this has been in uk.railway yet.
>
> Notwithstanding suggestions that IEP may be already dead, here goes,
> as RGI is a serious source I assume its a serious product:
>
> http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2008/09/8841/intercit...
>
> <<<<
> Intercity Express design unveiled
> 11 Sep 2008
> UK: The Express Rail Alliance consortium has released computer-
> generated impressions of the designs it has put forward under the
> Intercity Express Programme to develop the UK's next generation of
> inter-city trains.
> The Department for Transport is seeking to replace the existing fleet
> of IC125 diesel and IC225 electric trains with between 500 and 2 000
> vehicles, which will be procured under a train provision contract
> lasting around 30 years.
> The ERA consortium brings together rolling stock manufacturers
> Bombardier and Siemens, leasing firm Angel Trains and financiers
> Babcock & Brown. A rival IEP bid has been submitted by Agility Trains,
> a consortium of Hitachi, Barclays Private Equity and John Laing
> Projects and Developments. A consortium of Alstom and Barclays Private
> Equity decided not to bid, Alstom preferring to concentrate on further
> development of it existing product lines.
> Express Rail Alliance proposal for IEP
> Bombardier and Siemens said they are working together because of the
> scale of the engineering resources which will be needed to deliver the
> quantity of trains within the required timescales. Neither
> manufacturer produces a product platform which could be adapted to
> meet the IEP specifications.
> 'A new high speed train platform typically has up to 800 000
> engineering hours behind it', said Colin Watson, Chairman of
> Bombardier Transportation UK, when the partnership was announced in
> June 2007. 'The programme has a potential requirement of approaching
> 400 engineers committed full time to one project.'
>
>
>
> --
> Nick


***ff@@~&~^~& FFS

Caught by cahced pages again.

Yes, I see its been posted today now, grrrrrr.

Ignore me.

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