Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

Through a competitive RFP process, CTA selected Bombardier Transit Corp. located in Bensalem, Penn. for the contract.

Bombardier manufactured 12,000 torches — one for each torchbearer — with final assembly completed by hand in Montreal, Quebec.

Bombardier Transportation and the City of Vancouver are co-sponsors of the 1.1-mile Olympic Line where Bombardier is operating two BOMBARDIER FLEXITY streetcars. Free service will be provided 18 hours a day, seven days a week, between Jan. 21 and March 21.

The locomotives are intended for passenger service in Hungary as well as for cross-border transport to Austria and Germany.

Thousands of miles of lines in China will be equipped with the new system as part of the development of the DPL network, planned to include 8,000 miles of high-speed lines by 2013.

Allows vehicles up to 30 percent energy use reduction and is capable of catenary-free operation. The RNV has ordered a total of 19 light rail vehicles with the energy storage system.

Terms of the contract include regular professional exchanges and provide for simpler commissioning of joint research and development work. The framework agreement covers an initial period up to Dec. 31, 2014.

Bombardier taps products for approximately 50 light rail cars in Sao Paulo.

The order follows a framework agreement in 2006 for a maximum of 210 vehicles and includes 40 long and 24 short one-way vehicles as well as 35 short bidirectional vehicles trams.

Existing maintenance contracts between Bombardier and LNVG will run until 2022, increasing the value by approximately $57 million.