Plans revealed for Goole train manufacturing plant

Siemens Mobility has formally submitted an outline planning application to develop a rail manufacturing plant in Goole, East Yorkshire.

The submission is said to be a major milestone towards establishing a £200M facility to manufacture and commission state-of-the-art trains for the expanding UK market.

The application has been submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the development on a 104-acre site at Goole 36, close to junction 36 of the M62 motorway (of which 67 acres is land suitable for development).

The plans include 80,000m² of manufacturing, commissioning, and warehouse buildings and stabling sidings, as well as a four-storey, 5,000m² office building.

As part of the project, Siemens Mobility is planning to create up to 700 jobs and a further 250 during the construction period, with an additional 1,700 potential UK supply chain roles.

The application is for outline consent to enable the development to be delivered in phases, with the first phase of the manufacturing facilities expected to open in 2023. It is anticipated the development will be fully operational in 2025.

Will Wilson, Managing Director, Rolling Stock, Siemens Mobility Limited, said: “This is a major step forward for our plans. With digitalisation we can help make trains and infrastructure intelligent and reaching this milestone furthers our vision to create a sustainable, long-term and technically advanced facility that is an asset to the UK.

“It’s the result of positive dialogue with the local authority, statutory bodies and other stakeholders, including community representatives.”

The ambitions for the Goole site gained further ground in November 2018 following the signing of a £1.5bn contract by London Underground Limited (a subsidiary of Transport for London) for Siemens Mobility to design and build a new generation of trains for the Piccadilly line.