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Animation of super express train

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A multi-billion pound order for a new fleet of inter-city trains is to create or safeguard 12,500 jobs, the government has announced.

A British-led consortium won the £7.5bn order to build and maintain a fleet of new "super express" trains.

The fleet will replace high-speed trains up to 30 years old, on the Great Western and East Coast main lines and the first one is scheduled to enter service in 2013.

Video released by the Department for Transport.

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