英国维尔京铁路集团有限公司（VirginRailGroupLtd）于1998年12月9日与加拿大Bom－bardier集团公司签订了一份总额高达10．6亿英镑的合同，由后者提供78列电传动内燃动车组并承包这些内燃动车组以及维尔京铁路现有的由机车牵引的列车至2012年末的维修。这78列内燃动车组的购置 Virgin Rail Group Ltd. signed a contract with Canada’s Bom-bardier Group Company on December 9, 1998 for a total of £ 1.06 billion, which provided 78 electric drive EMUs and contracted them The EMUs and the existing locomotive-towed train on the Virgin Railway will be repaired by the end of 2012. This 78 columns of the EMU purchase