Bombardier Transportation news – Page 5
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Metro Report InternationalKing unveils Brussels tram mock-up
BELGIUM: On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of trams in Brussels, King Philippe unveiled a mock-up of the next-generation Flexity tram on April 30. City transport operator STIB signed a €480m framework contract with Bombardier Transportation in April 2018, covering the supply of up to 175 trams. The base ...
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NewsNJ Transit orders double-deck EMUs from Bombardier
USA: A firm order for 113 double-deck EMU cars was approved by the NJ Transit board on December 12. A base contract will be placed with Bombardier Transportation for what the commuter rail operator claims will be ‘the first self-propelled multilevel railcars in the USA’. The contract ...
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NewsHybrid DMU projects announced
EUROPE: At InnoTrans 2018, Rolls-Royce’s MTU business and leasing company Porterbook signed a letter of intent for the pre-series installation of a hybrid PowerPack on a Bombardier Transportation Turbostar DMU. The PowerPack will incorporate an EU Stage V compliant diesel engine and an electrical unit which ...
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NewsBombardier to supply 396 metro cars to Singapore
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has ordered 66 six-car trainsets for the North-South and East-West lines from Bombardier. The contract announced on July 25 is worth S$827m. The value would rise to S$1·2bn if an option is exercised for service support for their design life of 30 years. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBombardier signs Brussels tram contract
BELGIUM: Brussels city transport operator STIB and Bombardier Transportation signed a €480m framework contract for the supply of up to 175 Flexity trams on April 24. STIB had selected Bombardier as preferred bidder on February 5. The base order is for 49 five-section trams 32 m long ...
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NewsBombardier and CAF win West Midlands train contracts
UK: Bombardier Transportation and CAF have been selected to supply rolling stock for the next West Midlands franchise, the West Midlands Trains Ltd consortium of Abellio, East Japan Railway and Mitsui & Co announced on October 17. Totalling 413 vehicles, the orders are worth £680m, with financing being led by ...
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Metro Report InternationalRiyadh takes delivery of first Bombardier metro train
SAUDI ARABIA: Bombardier Transportation delivered the first driverless trainset for Line 3 of the Riyadh metro to the Saudi capital on November 29. Bombardier is supplying 47 two-car Innovia 300 trainsets to operate on the 40·7 km Orange Line under its US$383m share of a US$5·21bn contract awarded to the ...
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NewsBombardier opens Wrocław production hall
POLAND: Bombardier Transportation inaugurated a 20 000 m2 high speed train car body production and painting hall at its Wrocław plant on November 3. The hall has ‘unique’ 3D laser welding technology which will be used to produce car bodies for Deutsche Bahn’s ICE4 fleet. Bombardier said ...
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NewsGöteborg orders Flexity trams
SWEDEN: A consortium of Bombardier Transportation and electrical equipment supplier Vossloh Kiepe has been formally awarded a contract to supply 40 Flexity trams to Göteborg by mid-2021. The new trams are designated Type M33. The €140m firm order announced on October 11 includes 30 Type A unidirectional ...
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NewsStadler and Bombardier to supply trains for Abellio East Anglia franchise
UK: The Department for Transport named Abellio as preferred bidder for the new East Anglia franchise on August 10. The franchise is due to start on October 16 2016 and run until October 2025, replacing the current Greater Anglia franchise which is also held by Abellio. A £1·4bn investment programme ...
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NewsAppeal blocks award of Göteborg tram contract
SWEDEN: Škoda Transportation has launched a legal challenge to the decision by Göteborg tram operator Göteborgs Spårvägar to select a consortium of Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 40 trams, with options for up to 60 more. Alstom, CAF, Pesa, and ...
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Metro Report InternationalKing Abdullah Financial District monorail revealed
SAUDI ARABIA: The first monorail vehicle for the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh was officially unveiled at InnoTrans by Pierre Attendu, President of Bombardier Transportation’s Systems Division, and Waleed Aleisa, Project Manager at Al Ra’idah Investment Co. The vehicle stopped off in Berlin while being delivered to Saudi Arabia ...
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NewsFlexity 2 tram unveiled in Blackpool
UK: Bombardier Transportation launched the first of its Flexity 2 trams in the seaside town of Blackpool on September 8. It is the first of 16 ordered by Blackpool Council in 2009 as part of what Lancashire County Council’s Director of Transport & Strategic Highways, Mike ...
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NewsJeddah airport peoplemover contract awarded
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Binladin Group has awarded Bombardier Transportation a US$96m contract to supply an automated peoplemover for the King Abdulaziz International Airport Development Project in Jeddah. Saudi Binladin Group recently won a contract to design and build a new terminal at the airport to handle rising ...
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NewsSão Paulo awards monorail metro contract
BRAZIL: São Paulo metro authority CMSP has selected a consortium including Bombardier to design, supply and install an automated monorail line in the city’s eastern suburbs at a total cost of US$1·44bn. Phase I of the project is due to be opened for passenger services by 2014, ...
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NewsRiyadh monorail contract awarded
SAUDI ARABIA: Bombardier Transportation announced on May 31 that it had won a US$241m contract to supply, install and operate a 3·6 km driverless monorail in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh. Intended to serve the city’s new financial and business centre which is currently being ...
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NewsBombardier wins SBB double-deck train order
SWITZERLAND: On May 12 Swiss Federal Railways announced that Bombardier Transportation had been selected to supply a fleet of 59 double-deck electric multiple-units for long-distance services. The order for a total of 436 vehicles is the largest single rolling stock contract which SBB has placed, and includes ...
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Metro Report InternationalBombardier signs Berlin tram order
GERMANY: On September 1 Bombardier Transportation announced it had signed the contract to supply Berlin transport operator BVG with 99 Flexity Berlin trams. The order was placed within a framework agreement for up to 210 trams which was reached by Bombardier and BVG in 2006. Testing of ...
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Metro Report InternationalBombardier Transportation signs its largest ever tram order
CANADA: Bombardier Transportation has announced its ‘largest single order ever for light rail vehicles worldwide’, covering 204 trams worth C$851m. Toronto Transit Commission Chief General Manager Gary Webster gave Bombardier the contract award letter on June 26, immediately after a special meeting of Toronto city council which ...
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AMT orders commuter cars
CANADA: Montréal transport authority AMT has placed a C$386m order with sole bidder Bombardier for 160 double-deck commuter coaches. The base order was for 30 cars with options for 130, but the provincial government exercised all the options immediately. The province is meeting 75% of the cost, and deliveries will ...