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The threat to Britain’s train building jobs and industry
BILL GREENSHIELDS warns of impending cuts at the Alstom train works in Derby and says the spirit of the successful 2011 fight over Bombardier needs to be rekindled

THE situation at Alstom train works in Derby is now critical, with all production halted and closure imminent.

Three thousand on-site jobs are to go, and 15,000 more in the supply chain — the end of train making in Britain, a 150-year-old industry and vital for an integrated and green transport and industry strategy.

Derby North MP Amanda Solloway states the government position clearly — the future of the train works is “an Alstom business decision.”

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