USA: The first of nine Bombardier BiLevel cab cars ordered by Sound Transit in 2014 arrived in Seattle on July 24. It is due to enter passenger service in September.
Sound Transit ordered the vehicles to augment its fleet of 18 Bombardier cab cars that entered service in 2000-03, to support additional South Line services on the Sounder commuter rail network. The Sounder fleet also includes 14 locomotives and 40 coaches.
USA: Bombardier Transportation has signed contracts totalling US$108m to supply 28 BiLevel double-deck coaches to two West Coast transport operators. The order anounced on May 27 covers three push-pull driving cars and eight intermediate coaches for Seattle’s Sound Transit, which led the procurement, as well as five ...
CANADA: Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area transport agency Metrolinx has exercised options worth C$428m for a further 125 Bombardier BiLevel double-deck coaches to accommodate expected ridership growth at GO Transit, the manufacturer announced on August 2. Production at Bombardier’s Thunder Bay plant is scheduled to run from the second quarter ...
EUROPE: Direct trains between Amsterdam Centraal and London will be reinstated from February 10 2025, with the opening of a higher capacity departure terminal for passengers on Eurostar’s cross-Channel service. Through services were suspended from June 15 because remodelling works meant there was no space for ...
