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13 September 2006	MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ANGEL TRAINS JOINS GOVERNMENT RAIL ADVISORY GROUP
	Haydn Abbott, Managing Director of Angel Trains Group has accepted an invitation from the UK Trade & Investment governmental department to become Chairman of its Rail Sector Advisory Group.

7 July 2006	RAIL MINISTER LAUNCHES ANGEL TRAINS’ FLEET OF RE-ENGINED HIGH SPEED TRAINS
	Rail Minister, Derek Twigg MP officially launched Angel Trains’ new fleet of re-powered HST power cars at a ceremony at the Brush Traction works in Loughborough today (Thursday).

28 June 2006	RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT’S REQUEST FOR A MARKET INVESTIGATION INTO COSTS FOR RAIL ROLLING STOCK
	Haydn Abbott, Managing Director, Angel Trains said: “Angel Trains has invested close to £3bn in new trains for the UK in recent years, the largest level of investment undertaken for decades by a single company. The UK can now comfortably boast the youngest fleet of trains in Europe. “We welcome this inquiry and the much needed clarity it will give for our investment decisions going forward.”

24 May 2006	ANGEL TRAINS INVESTS A FURTHER £34 MILLION IN THE FUTURE OF HIGH SPEED TRAINS, MAKING A TOTAL OF £74 MILLION
	Angel Trains is investing nearly £34 million on upgrading the High Speed Trains operated by the East coast train operator, GNER. The work will include replacing the 30-year old Paxman Valenta engines in 20 of the Angel Trains owned HST power cars operated by GNER with new MTU 16V4000R41 engines. The upgrade work will also include an interior refurbishment and other reliability modifications.

7 March 2006	EXTRA TRAINS FOR THE SOUTH WEST
	Angel Trains has purchased 17 more Desiro 4-car trains to run on the South West franchise. (Press release issued by the Department for Transport) An additional 17 new four-carriage trains for the south west trains fleet were announced by DfT today.

28 February 2006	ANGEL TRAINS INVESTS IN THE FUTURE OF HIGH SPEED TRAINS
	Angel Trains has placed a £10 million contract with Brush Traction to commence the roll-out of new engines to 26 power cars in its fleet.

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