‘We’re by no means out of the woods yet’: workers face uncertainty over Alstom train plant

Talk of Elizabeth line order raised hopes over safeguarding future of Derby factory but staff are taking nothing for granted“It’s strange at the moment: everywhere’s so quiet. It’s not good.” Mick Waldram has worked at Alstom’s sprawling train manufacturing plant on Litchurch Lane in Derby for 20 years, like his parents before him, and has watched in recent months as its six production lines have been gradually mothballed.“I’ve been here 20 years a