Frankfurt, London — A division of Germany’s Siemens has been awarded a contract worth about £1.5bn to design and build 94 new trains for the Piccadilly line on London’s metropolitan train network, known as the Tube. Transport for London (TfL), the public body in charge of the Tube, said the award of the contract would allow Siemens Mobility Limited to push ahead with its plan to build a new factory in Goole, east Yorkshire, in northern England. "The Siemens Mobility Limited factory would employ up to 700 people in skilled engineering and manufacturing roles, plus up to an additional 250 people during the construction phase of the factory," TfL said in a statement. "As a result, about 1,700 indirect jobs would be created throughout the UK supply chain," it said. Siemens said in March it had leased 27ha of land in Goole with a view to building a £200m train factory. The plans were subject to the company’s success in securing major future orders, it said. Siemens Mobility Limited is Si...
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