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« on: August 27, 2015, 15:56:09 »

Hello everyone,
This is my first post here but I'm sure I'm going to have a few more questions in the next few weeks.
I'm trying to find out who does the upholstery manufacture of the seats for FGW (First Great Western)/GWR (Great Western Railway)? I'm particularly interested in the textile part of this.  I'm hoping this is done in the UK (United Kingdom) but I fear it may be done abroad. Does anyone have an ideas? thanks
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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2015, 17:07:55 »

Welcome to the forum, Maylen.

I don't know the answer to your question on the HST (High Speed Train) - but I have come across a "where are the British Contracts for IEP (Intercity Express Program / Project.)" page - at http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/hitachirail-eu/images/uk-based-suppliers-for-class-800-801-trains-for-iep-374714 . It lists interior design in the UK (United Kingdom), but not the furnishings ...

Many of the HST refits are done at Kilmarnock (Wabtec) and they're more likely to know the material sources than FGW (First Great Western) - a subcontract.  But then even when you find where the cloth is woven, the raw material may come from a further location / country ...
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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2015, 22:12:22 »


Welcome Maylen.

Try looking up Moquette and Houldsworths (a Huddersfield woollen mill).

It might surprise you how many of the world's PT (bus and rail) passengers sit on Yorkshire cloth.

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« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2015, 14:33:32 »


Welcome Maylen.

Try looking up Moquette and Houldsworths (a Huddersfield woollen mill).

It might surprise you how many of the world's PT (bus and rail) passengers sit on Yorkshire cloth.

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For the record, it's 'Holdsworth' (without the 'u') - except they're Camira now, and they manufacture abroad as well as in Yorkshire.
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« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2015, 23:17:38 »

No upholstery here!
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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2015, 22:19:53 »

Not sure which wheel I like best. Wouldn't want to ride it in the rain!
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