Bombardier Receives 28 Bi-Level Commuter Car Order for
Southern California
OCTOBER 5, 1999
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--Bombardier Transportation was awarded a Cdn $69
million (US $ 47 million) order by the Southern California
Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), headquartered in Los Angeles,
California, for the manufacture and supply of 28 Metrolink
bi-level commuter cars. The 28 coach cars will be manufactured by Bombardier
Transportation at its Thunder Bay, Ontario, and Barre, Vermont
plants. Deliveries are expected to begin in January 2001 and will
be spread over a five-month period. This order represents the
exercise of options for several transit agencies included in a
contract awarded in June 1998 by the Central Puget Sound Regional
Transit Authority of Greater Seattle.
Pointing out that Bombardier had already delivered 119 Metrolink
units to the SCRRA, the President of Bombardier Transportation -
North America, Jacques Lapare said: "We are pleased to have been
chosen to supply a new series of our bi-level equipment to this
important southern California transportation authority, and thus
have the opportunity to strengthen the good business relationship
we have already established with SCRRA." Bombardier is also
responsible for maintaining the commuter rail fleet of 33
locomotives and the 119 bi-level commuter cars that service the
greater Los Angeles area under a 3-year maintenance contract, with
two 1-year options, awarded in April 1998.
The bi-level commuter cars that Bombardier will be delivering to
the SCRRA are designed to accommodate 138 seated and up to 160
standing riders each. They are among the world's largest commuter
rail coaches, with an arrangement of two full decks and
intermediate end decks which permit higher ceilings and better
seating. The low-level platform doors allow full carloads of
passengers on or off the coaches within 90 seconds and minimise
boarding congestion. Similar vehicles are currently in service at
West Coast Express in British Columbia, and Go Transit in
Metropolitan Toronto, in the Southern and Northern California
regions as well as in southern Florida.
Bombardier Transportation, a world leader in the manufacturing of
passenger rail cars, offers a full range of urban, suburban and
intercity vehicles as well as complete rail transit systems
world-wide. It also manufactures freight cars and provides
operations and maintenance services.
Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian corporation active in the fields of
aerospace, rail transportation equipment, recreational products
and financial services. It operates plants in 12 countries in
North America, Europe and Asia, and more than 90 % of its revenues
are generated outside Canada. Bombardier's revenues for its
fiscal year ended January 31, 1999 totalled Cdn $11.5 billion. |
