Bombardier Wins a $70-Million Order for the Delivery of
Double-Deck Power Cars to the Paris Transport Authority
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--JANUARY 13, 2003 - 10:16 EST
A consortium comprised of Bombardier
Transportation and Alstom has received a firm order for 14
trainsets, comprised of five MI2N-type double-deck cars each,
from the Paris Transport Authority (RATP). The total value of the
order is approximately $240 million Cdn (147 million Euros).
Bombardier Transportation's share, which is valued at
approximately $70 million Cdn (43 million Euros), calls for the
production of the 42 intermediary carbodies. The vehicles are
schedule to enter revenue service in March 2004.
This order, which is a follow-on order to a contract signed in
1992, brings to 215 the total number of MI2N carbodies ordered by
RATP to date. The vehicles will be used on the Paris Regional
Express Network's A line.
Jacques Lamotte, Executive Vice-President, Bombardier
Transportation, commented on the occasion: "Bombardier is proud
of this new order, as it once again bears witness to the trust
that a high-profile operator like RATP has invested in us.
Production will be entirely carried out in our Crespin (France)
facility, concurrently with work to fulfil the order awarded in
July 2001 to supply the future MF2000 Paris Metro".
Bombardier Transportation in France operates primarily at its
Crespin site in the Valenciennes region, where it employs more
than 1,800 people. In the French market, Bombardier
Transportation participates in all TGV programs and manufactures
a wide range of rolling stock for public transport. Among these
products are the MF88 and MF2000 vehicles for the Paris metro,
the Strasbourg, Nantes and Saint-Etienne tramways, the Nancy and
Caen trams-on-tires, the recent vehicles for the RER network and
the TER2N NG regional transport railcars. In December 2001,
Bombardier Transportation signed a contract with SNCF for the
supply of 500 TER (Regional Express Trains) of the Autorail
Grande Capacite (AGC) type for the French regions.
Bombardier Transportation is the global leader in the rail
equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its wide range of
products includes passenger rail cars and total transit systems.
It also manufactures locomotives, freight cars, propulsion &
controls and provides rail control solutions.
Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services
company, is a world leading manufacturer of business jets,
regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized
recreational products. It also provides financial services and
asset management in business areas aligned with its core
expertise. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the Corporation has
a workforce of some 80,000 people in 24 countries throughout the
Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its revenues for the fiscal
year ended Jan. 31, 2002 stood at $21.6 billion Cdn. Bombardier
trades on the Toronto, Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges
(BBD, BOM and BBDd.F).
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