Bombardier Transportation: Media Advisory - JetTrain High Speed Rail Locomotive Arrives in Florida !Business Editors/Assignment Desks MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 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. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :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) (TSX:BBD.B):
WHAT: The Bombardier(i) JetTrain(i) high-speed rail locomotive
is coming to Florida. First stop, Miami, followed by
Orlando.
The Florida launch of Bombardier's game-changing technology
will be christened by Champ Car driver Mika Salo, in Miami.
Mika, who drives for the PK Racing team, is fresh from a
weekend podium finish at Miami's exciting Grand Prix of
Americas. This time, we will see how he looks behind the
wheel of Bombardier's JetTrain locomotive, which features a
different type of acceleration.
With a jet engine placed in the heart of the JetTrain
locomotive, it is the first non-electric high-speed rail
solution designed for the American market. With top speeds
exceeding 150 miles per hour, it offers passengers a new way
to travel between cities every day in safety, comfort and
speed.
Bombardier is currently short listed with partner Fluor
Corporation to design, build, operate and maintain Florida's
first high-speed rail system that will link Miami, Orlando
and Tampa. The Fluor-Bombardier proposal features JetTrain
technology - the only FRA-compliant high-speed rail
technology in the world.
In all three cities, Fluor Corporation and Bombardier
Transportation are inviting members of the media for a
technical briefing on the JetTrain technology, followed by a
photo-op of the locomotive.
WHO: Ms. Lecia Stewart, Vice-President, High-Speed Rail, North
America, Bombardier Transportation
Mr. Jerry Holloway, Director, Media Relations, Fluor
Corporation
WHEN & WHERE :
Miami - Tuesday, October 7, 2003
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With our speed partner, Champ Car's PK Racing driver Mika Salo
Media briefing: Wyndham Miami Airport, 3900 NW 21st Street,
North America Room
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Photo-op: SF RTA - Tri-Rail Station at Miami
International Airport,
3797 NW 21st Street
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Members of the media unable to attend the Miami media briefing
in person are welcome to participate via telephone by dialing
888-874-9713.
Orlando - Saturday, October 11, 2003
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Media briefing: Orlando Marriott Downtown, 400 West
Livingston St., Zinfandel Restaurant,
1st floor
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Photo-op: North Hughey Ave and West Robinson Street
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Public viewing: North Hughey Ave and West Robinson Street
10:00 - 2:00 p.m.
For more information on the Fluor-Bombardier proposal, visit www.bombardier.com/fluor. For more information on the Bombardier JetTrain The JetTrain is an experimental high-speed passenger train built by Bombardier Transportation in an attempt to make European-style high-speed service more financially appealing to passenger railways in North America. technology, visit www.jettrain.us. (i) Trademark of Bombardier Inc. |
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