Alstom and Govia Thameslink Railway has signed a new services contract worth around £256m.

The Technical Support and Spares Supply Agreement will run for five years and five months to align with the operator’s National Rail Contract.

This means that Alstom will continue to support the Class 377 and 387 trains in operation with Southern, Gatwick Express and Great Northern.

Together with Alstom’s material supply facility in Brighton, teams at Battersea, Brighton, Hornsey and Selhurst will work together to maintain 1210 carriages to ensure the highest standards of train availability and reliability.

Steve Lammin, Engineering Director at GTR, said: “This contract renews our association with Alstom,
securing the continued support our excellent teams require to maintain our fleet.”

“We are very pleased to have secured this very large and important services contract with our longterm customer GTR. This is a recognition of the outstanding work done by our services teams across
the country, and particularly those at our Brighton facility and the teams based at Hornsey and Selhurst
depots,” said Peter Broadley, Managing Director, Alstom Mainline Services Director