Alstom opens UK train refurbishment plant

Alstom said 'Industry 4.0' features of the contract include the use of virtual reality painting simulators to train the staff.

UK: What Alstom describes as ‘the largest and most sophisticated’ rolling stock refurbishment facility in the UK was officially opened in Widnes on June 29 by Lord Prior of Brampton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.

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