Bombardier Receives an Additional Order for 12 Automatic Metro Cars From London Docklands.Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 2000 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. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :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. .A.)(TSE:BBD.B.) has been awarded a further contract from Docklands Light Railway in London, England for the delivery of 12 automatic metro cars. This contract, which represents the conversion of an existing option, is valued at approximately Cdn$31 million (14 million pounds sterling). The new vehicles will be manufactured in the Bruges plant, in Belgium. Deliveries will be made from January 2002 to March 2002. The Docklands Light Railway system is already equipped with 70 Bombardier Transportation vehicles supplied from January 1991 to March 1993. An additional 12 cars were ordered in January 2000. The system links the centre of London to the Docklands area, situated to the east, and is the first public transport system in England that has been totally computerized and operates without drivers. A 4.2 km extension of the network to Lewisham was inaugurated on November 22 1999, serving the south of the Thames, including Greenwich and the historic Cutty Sark Cutty Sark clipper ship, built in 1869, broke speed records in the tea trade. [Br. Hist.: EB, (1963) V, 830] See : Swiftness Cutty Sark . Further extensions to the system are now planned including one to London City Airport London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. This airport could also be considered a STOLport. . 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, 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 is also a provider of financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. 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. PHOTO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. |
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