Bombardier Wins a Series of Orders in North America for Its New Generation of Bi-Level Commuter Rail Cars.Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002 Bombardier Transportation (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.) was awarded, over the last few weeks, a series of orders for the manufacture and supply of its new generation of bi-level commuter rail cars from four North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. transportation authorities: the North San Diego County Transit District, the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority Regional Transit Authority may refer to:
These contracts total 12 cab cars and 18 coaches that will be manufactured by Bombardier at its Thunder Bay (Ontario) and Barre (Vermont) facilities. Deliveries are scheduled during the year 2003. "Our customers have seized this opportunity and we are pleased to supply this latest series of our bi-level equipment. This new generation represents our solution to some of the most important challenges public transit authorities have to face in these times," said William Spurr, President of Bombardier Transportation, North America. These cars will be compliant with the new FRA Fra: see Angelico, Fra; Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino, Fra; Fra Filippo Lippi under Lippi. Tier I regulations as well as the recently published APTA APTA American Physical Therapy Association. PRESS standards. These new Bombardier bi-level commuter rail cars are the next generation of the most widely used passenger rail car design in North America. They are thoroughly proven, and the equipment is trouble free. Bombardier Transportation has been manufacturing bi-levels since 1975 when it started the original production models for GO Transit, in Toronto. Since then, Bombardier has produced more than 660 bi-level cars that are now operated by ten different public transit authorities in the United States and Canada. Over the past 27 years, significant investments have allowed Bombardier Transportation to enhance the basic design and make other improvements while being successful in maintaining a price that satisfies its customers' objectives and requirements. "Bombardier Transportation takes special pride in its highly popular bi-level technology, the ideal choice of today's commuter rail operators," added Mr. Spurr. The bi-level passenger rail vehicle is one of the largest-capacity cars in the world, designed to maximize passenger capacity, comfort and operating economies. It has proven to be a successful choice throughout North America with cars currently in service in Toronto, Vancouver, Greater Los Angeles, San Diego County, between Stockton and San Jose, Greater Seattle, Fort Worth, Northern Virginia and South Florida. The Peninsula Commuter Service between San Jose and San Francisco recently received 17 bi-levels to be placed into service by the summer of 2002. Bombardier Transportation has a major presence in North America, employing some 5,450 people across Canada, Mexico and the United States Relations between the United States and Mexico are among the most important and complex that each nation maintains. They are shaped by a mixture of mutual interests, shared problems, and growing interdependence. . Headquartered in Montreal, It operates 9 manufacturing facilities in La Pocatiere (Quebec), Kingston and Thunder Bay (Ontario), Vancouver (British Columbia), in Canada, Sahagun, in Mexico, Auburn and Plattsburgh (NY), Barre (VT) and Pittsburg (CA) in the United States. It operates maintenance centres in Toronto, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington (DC) and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Bombardier Transportation is the global leader in the rail equipment, manufacturing and servicing industry. Its wide range of products includes passenger rail cars and complete rail transportation systems. It also manufactures locomotives, freight cars, propulsion & controls and provides signaling equipment and systems. 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 and asset management. The Corporation employs 79,000 people in 24 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific and revenues for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2001 totalled $16.1 billion CDN. PHOTO AVAILABLE VIA OUR WEBSITE |
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