Bombardier receives bi-level commuter car contract for northern California.NEW YORK--(BUSINESSWIRE)--Oct. 2, 1996--Bombardier Transit Corporation, a subsidiary of Bombardier Inc., was awarded a contract for the manufacture and supply of eight aluminum bi-level commuter railcars for the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) in California. The contract is valued at $16 million. The vehicles will be manufactured by Bombardier's Mass Transit Division at its Thunder Bay facility. Delivery is scheduled to begin in October, 1997. The commuter railcars for the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commissio are based on the Bombardier bi-level design, the largest in North America, and similar to those now in revenue service in Toronto, South Florida, British Columbia, San Diego and the greater Los Angeles area The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. There are two "official" definitions—the Los Angeles metropolitan area consisting only of the Los Angeles and Orange . These cars will operate in revenue service between Stockton and San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . "We are pleased to have been chosen to supply the latest series of our bi-level equipment to this important transportation authority, and look forward to a greater expansion of commuter rail service in northern California," says Peter E. Stangl, President of Bombardier Transit Corporation. The New York-based Bombardier Transit Corporation is a member of Bombardier's Transportation Group. The leading supplier of passenger railcars in North America, the Group operates plants in Barre, Vermont; Plattsburgh and Auburn, New York Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 28,574. It is the county seat of Cayuga CountyGR6. ; La Pocatire, Thunder Bay and Kingston, Canada; and Sahagun, Mexico. The Group offers a complete range of urban, suburban and intercity vehicles -subway cars, light rail vehicles, self-propelled commuter cars, automated rapid transit systems This is an alphabetical list of cities worldwide that have a rapid transit system, or a light-rail system with some elements of rapid transit. Such systems are commonly called metros, subways, elevated railways, heavy rail, rapid rail, or underground railways; see passenger rail , intercity cars and, in association with GEC GEC Gaseous Electronics Conference GEC Gigabit EtherChannel GEC Geriatric Education Center (US government; HRSA) GEC General Electric Co. GEC Google Earth Community (online community) Alsthom, the TGV TGV: see railroad. high-speed train and the American Flyer - as well as turnkey rail transit systems worldwide. The Transportation Group is also responsible for all of Bombardier's European operations in the field of transportation equipment, through Bombardier Eurorail which combines the activities of ANF- Industrie (France), BN Division (Belgium), Bombardier-Wien Schienenfahrzeuge (Austria), Bombardier Prorail (United Kingdom), and Waggonfabrik Talbot (Germany). Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian corporation engaged in design, development, manufacturing and marketing activities in the fields of transportation equipment, civil and military aerospace, 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. consumer products. The company employs 40,000 people and operates plants in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Bombardier's business volume now totals US$5.2 billion (Cdn$7.1 billion). CONTACT: Bombardier Transit Corp., 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 Kim Fischer, 212/682-5860 |
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