Thunder Bay's Bombardier lands $60-million contract.Bombardier Inc. has received $60-million contract to manufacture 22 commuter rail cars for the Montreal transit authority. The manufacturing of BiLevel cars will start in Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. at the 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. facility with final assembly and commissioning to be completed by CAD Railway in the Montreal borough of Lachine. "The BiLevel car is the design of choice for transportation authorities in Canada and in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. with more than 700 cars in successful operation in 10 cities around the continent," says William Spurr, president, Bombardier Transportation, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Currently Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto, Miami and Vancouver are just some of the provinces, cities and states where the commuter rail car are in operation. The design offers 70 per cent more passenger area than single-leveled rail cars with 30 per cent savings in operation. www.northernontariobusiness.com |
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