Bombardier: City of Leipzig, Germany Opts for Flexity Trams.Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2003 Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. Bombardier Transportation is the world’s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin. welcomes the notice given by the supervisory board Supervisory board The board of directors that represents stakeholders in the governance of the corporation. of the transport authority of the city of Leipzig, Germany, to award Bombardier an order for the supply of twelve low-floor trams, valued at approximately $63 million Cdn (40 million Euros). The contract, which is scheduled to be signed in the upcoming weeks, includes an option for twelve further vehicles. Delivery of the Bombardier(i) Flexity(i) Classic trams is expected to take place from August 2005 to May 2006. The 45-metre vehicles will be built at Bombardier's German facility of Bautzen. The trams' Bombardier(i) Mitrac(i) propulsion system Noun 1. propulsion system - a system that provides a propelling or driving force system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a will be provided by its site in Mannheim, also in Germany. "This contract is a continuation of our long-standing and successful business relations with a future-oriented transport authority. With our Flexity Classic The Flexity Classic is a model of light-rail tram manufactured by Bombardier. Although it is marketed as the most traditionally-designed member of the Flexity family, it is nevertheless a modern bi-directional articulated tram with a low-floor section allowing improved low-floor trams, LVB LVB Ludwig Van Beethoven (classical composer) LVB Luchtverkeersbeveiliging LVB Las Vegas Bay (Lake Mead, NV) LVB Livramento, Brazil (Airport Coode) LVB Large Vehicle Bomb has chosen a reliable concept which is especially tailored to the requirements of the city of Leipzig", says Walter Grawenhoff, President, Light Rail Vehicles Rail vehicles are vehicles capable of rolling on rail tracks. This includes:
The vehicles, which have a modular low-floor design, offer comfortable entrance areas and a transparent interior with flat screens for travel information. In addition, the air-conditioned cars feature video cameras for improved safety. With a total capacity for 187 passengers (106 seated, 81 standees), the vehicles are ideal for high-density lines. Thanks to their conventional bogies, the low-floor trams will run extremely smooth with very low levels of noise through the city by the Pleisse River. The trams' proven technology is especially popular with transport authorities in Germany. Cities that have chosen Bombardier Transportation's Flexity Classic vehicles include Kassel, Essen, Schwerin, Dessau, Dresden, Halle, Frankfurt/Main and Bremen in Germany, as well as Krakow in Poland. Bombardier Transportation is the global leader in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its wide range of products includes passenger rail cars and total transit systems. It also manufactures locomotives, freight cars, propulsion & controls and provides rail control solutions. Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services company, is a world-leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. recreational products. It also provides financial services and asset management in business areas aligned with its core expertise. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the Corporation has a workforce of some 75,000 people and manufacturing facilities in 25 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2003 stood at $23.7 billion Cdn. (15.8 billion euros). Bombardier shares are traded on the Toronto, Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. (BBD BBD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Barbados Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. , BOM and BBDd.F). (i) Trademark(s) of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries NOTE TO EDITORS: A photo is available on our Website at the following address: www.transportation.bombardier.com/photography.jsp |
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