Date: 27/12/2011

Workers have said they hope the £188m Southern deal awarded to Derby trainmaker Bombardier will help to secure its future in the city. The firm's success in winning the carriage-building order follows its announcement this summer it was cutting 1,400 jobs after failing to win the £1.4bn Thameslink contract.

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Jobs hope over Bombardier order

BBC News

Workers said they hoped the £188m deal awarded to Derby trainmaker Bombardier would help to secure its future in the city.

Bombardier wins £188m UK order from Southern Rail

Telegraph

Bombardier, the Aircraft and train maker, has won a government-subsidised contract for 130 rail carriages from Southern Rail, months after it announced it would cut about 1,400 jobs in Britain.