Date: 28/10/2017

Manufacturer Alstom is to close its Preston site ending 120 years of rail production and maintenance in the city. Preston MP Mark Hendrick raised concerns about 180 jobs leaving the city with news of the closure of the Strand Road factory. Alstom said it will leave Preston by July 2018 and transfer jobs to a new transport centre in Widnes, Cheshire.

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Rail firm Alstom to close historic site

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The closure of the Strand Road site will end more than a century of rail production in the city.