Hitachi Rail in Newton Aycliffe has won a £300m contract to replace Arriva Group's entire Grand Central fleet.

UK-based public transport company Arriva Group has placed a £300m ($388.4m) order for nine state-of-the-art battery hybrid ...

The trains will also be 20% more environmentally friendly than the current service and deliver 400,000 extra journeys a year ...

Nine new Grand Central trains will be built at Hitachi's Newton Aycliffe plant, but bosses are most excited by cutting-edge ...