Bombardier Transportation has signed contracts with both the Düsseldorf (Rheinbahn AG) and Cologne transport authorities (KVB) for the delivery of 62 FLEXITY light rail vehicles in total. The contract with KVB is for 20 vehicles and is valued at approximately 64 million euro (68 million US). Rheinbahn AG’s contract for
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Bombardier Transportation has delivered the last of 220 FLEXITY trams built for the Brussels transport authority STIB (Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles). STIB now officially owns the world’s largest, single-type tram fleet, a milestone in the long term partnership of STIB and Bombardier Transportation. Bombardier received STIB’s initial order for 46
Bombardier to supply 42 Regio 2N double-deck trains to STIF and SNCF
Bombardier Transportation won an order to supply 42 Regio 2N train sets to the Syndicat des Transports d’Ile-de-France (STIF) and SNCF. This order for 42 double-deck trains is an additional order in the framework of an ongoing contract signed in 2010 and is valued at approximately 397 million euro ($484
Finmeccanica unit AnsaldoBreda has won a EUR 250 million contract to maintain Trenitalia’s (Gruppo FS Italiane) new fleet of Frecciarossa 1000 high speed trains. The V300Zefiro, built by Bombardier Transportation and AnsaldoBreda, is capable of service speeds up to 360 km/h. The ten-year contract includes the preventive, first-level and corrective maintenance on board of the vehicles, with
Public transport operator Wiener Linien announced it has selected Bombardier for a EUR 562m contract to supply up to 156 low-floor tramways. The 34m-long five-section vehicle, accommodating up to 211 passengers will be assembled at Bombardier’s Centre of Excellence for Trams and Light Rail Vehicles in Vienna. Deliveries will be carried our between 2018 and 2026. The new Flexity
Bombardier Transportation and ÖBB’s freight division, Rail Cargo Group (RCG), have successfully completed a 4000-kilometer test run of a BOMBARDIER TRAXX AC Last Mile locomotive. The test run saw a BOMBARDIER TRAXX AC Last Mile locomotive pull a RCG freight train from Sopron, on the Austrian-Hungarian border through Romania and Bulgaria to Istanbul, Turkey
Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract to deliver 27 new four-car trains for Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), for operation on the Gatwick Express. The contract for 108 cars has a total value of approximately £145 million GBP (182 million euro, $227 million US). Under the contract, Bombardier will supply GTR
Bombardier Transportation and CSR Nanjing Puzhen Co. Ltd (CSR Puzhen) have signed an agreement to create a joint venture to develop and manufacture INNOVIA vehicles for urban and airport transit systems. Rapid urbanization and an increase in air travel have created a fast growing market for urban feeder systems and airport transit
Bombardier Transportation presented to Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Riyadh and Chairman of the Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA), the new INNOVIA Metro 300 design for the Riyadh Metro Line 3 (Orange) which has reached its final design stage on-time. Bombardier, a member of the ArRiyadh New Mobility Consortium
Metrorex announced that are the five bidders in the tender to supply 51 six-car metro trains to service on Bucharest’s Metro Line 5 are Alstom, Astra Passenger Coaches, CAF, CSR and Pesa Bydgoszcz. The maximum value of the contract is RON 1.55 Billion (EUR 345 Million) VAT excluded. A framework agreement for the acquisition of trains
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