Bombardier Receives 3 Orders for Regional Trains in Switzerland.

Business Editors

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000

BOMBARDIER(TSE:BBD.A.) (TSE:BBD.B.)

Bombardier Transportation has received orders from three Swiss railways operators: BLS Lotschbergbahn, Transports de Martigny et Region (TMR) and Transports Regionaux Neuchatelois (TRN) for low-floor articulated electric trainsets (29 cars) of the NINA type.

These trains are based on the ones already in operation since a year and a half on the Berne's suburban network, where they are particularly well appreciated by passengers as well as by the operator. Total value of the three orders is approximately Cdn$51.3 million (57 million Swiss francs) and vehicles will be manufactured in the Villeneuve plant in Switzerland.

*  BLS ordered six 3-car trainsets, based on the ones of the first
   order, to be used to enhance the service on the Berne's suburban
   network, more specifically on the lines Berne-Neuchatel, Berne-
   Payerne and Berne-Schwarzenburg.

*  TMR ordered three 2-car trainsets to be operated on the lines
   Martigny-Orsieres and Martigny-LeChable.

*  TRN ordered one 3-car trainset and one 2-car trainset to be
   operated on the Val de Travers line. The first trainset will be
   operational to ensure transportation services during Expo 2002,from
   May to October.

Bombardier Transportation, a world leader in the manufacturing of passenger rail cars, offers a full range of urban, suburban and intercity vehicles as well as complete rail transit systems worldwide. It also manufactures freight cars and provides operations and maintenance services.

Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and service company, is a world leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, passenger railcars and motorized recreational products. It is also a provider of financial services and asset management. The Corporation employs 56,000 people in 12 countries in North America, Europe and Asia, and more than 90 % of its revenues are generated outside Canada. Bombardier's revenues for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2000 totalled $13.6 billion.