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Metro Report International
Bombardier 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 International
Bombardier 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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Kharkiv metro extends
THIS MONTH is due to see the delivery to Kharkiv metro of the first of 25 additional cars ordered earlier this year from Metrowagonmash of Moscow. Under the agreement signed by General Manager Mikhail Pilipchuk, the cars are due to arrive at the rate of five per month for final ...
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Space Train to boost Tube capacity
Richard Hope examines a plan to lift peak throughput on London Underground’s Victoria line to 60 000 passengers an hour