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Rail group fights train decision (BBC News)

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Old 17th February 2009, 12:58
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Rail group fights train decision (BBC News)

A rail group vows to save British jobs by fighting the government's decision to hand a £7.5bn contract for trains to a Japanese firm.

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Old 17th February 2009, 16:34
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Why should we have to keep having trains made abroad? With the Mini makers being sacked at an hours notice yesterday, they could re-employ them to start building trains instead, surely?
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Mr. Angry from Belfast writes -

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