Rivals launch legal action over Siemens’ £1.5bn tube contract
A legal challenge over plans to build London Underground trains at a new £200m Siemens factory in Goole has been started by rival firms.
In June it was announced the £1.5bn contract would go to the firm in East Yorkshire.
But now Bombardier and Hitachi have issued claims at the High Court over the awarding of the contract.
The Mayor of Goole, Richard Walker, told BBC News that the legal move was "a real shock and massive disappointment".
In June, Transport for London (TfL) said the 94 trains would be designed and built b... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
