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Alstom Crewe’s latest milestone in bogie overhaul

25/10/2024 in Features

Alstom staff overhaul a bolster which sits inverted on a lifting table. PHILIP HAIGH

Ben Jones visits Alstom’s component overhaul facility at Crewe to see how vital it is to Britain’s hardest-working trains - and many other passenger fleets.




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