BART’s Board of Directors Thursday approved an $896 million contract with Bombardier Transportation for 410 cars to replace its aging rapid transit fleet, covering much of BART’s self-prescribed need for 775 cars, replacing its current fleet of 669. But the Board’s decision, and the materials involved in the order, is not without controversy.
Bombardier Transportation said Thursday the design of its Berlin FLEXITY model has “received the Universal Design and Consumer Favourite Award 2012 in Hannover,” Germany.
Bombardier Transportation said Thursday it has delivered “the world’s first application of a European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) regional solution on the Västerdal line in Sweden.”
Bombardier Transportation Friday inaugurated a new monorail vehicle manufacturing facility in Hortolândia-São Paulo, Brazil.
Bombardier Transportation said Wednesday its Regina X55 intercity train, which entered service with Sweden’s SJ in February, has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Design Award by Germany’s renowned Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Bombardier Transportation said Tuesday its FLEXITY 2 trams (streetcars) have entered revenue passenger service in Blackpool, England.
Bombardier Transportation said Friday it will deliver 16 TWINDEXX Vario multiple units to Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG) for operation on the Kiel-Hamburg and Flensburg-Hamburg railway lines.
As Daffy Duck might plead: Who’s in charge here?
Bombardier Transportation revenue amounted to US$2.3 billion in the third quarter ended Oct. 31, compared with US$2.2 billion for the same period in the 2010 fiscal year. EBIT totaled US$172 million, compared with US$152 million a year ago, while EBIT margin increased to 74% from 7% last fiscal year. The order backlog totaled US$33 billion on Oct. 31, a level similar to Jan. 31, 2011.
Bombardier Transportation on Monday said it has won a contract for propulsion and control equipment in India from Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp. (MRVC) in India. MRVC is a joint venture between the Ministry of Railways and the Government of Maharashtra. On Thanksgiving Day, Bombardier announced its readiness to enable the first mixed European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 and conventional signaling operation, on the line between Amsterdam and Utrecht in The Netherlands.