Bombardier: City of Leipzig, Germany Opts for Flexity
Trams
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--OCTOBER 10, 2003 - 11:32 ET
Bombardier Transportation welcomes the notice
given by the supervisory board of the transport authority of the
city of Leipzig, Germany, to award Bombardier an order for the
supply of twelve low-floor trams, valued at approximately $63
million Cdn (40 million Euros). The contract, which is scheduled
to be signed in the upcoming weeks, includes an option for twelve
further vehicles. Delivery of the Bombardier(i) Flexity(i)
Classic trams is expected to take place from August 2005 to May
2006.
The 45-metre vehicles will be built at Bombardier's German
facility of Bautzen. The trams' Bombardier(i) Mitrac(i)
propulsion system will be provided by its site in Mannheim, also
in Germany.
"This contract is a continuation of our long-standing and
successful business relations with a future-oriented transport
authority. With our Flexity Classic low-floor trams, LVB has
chosen a reliable concept which is especially tailored to the
requirements of the city of Leipzig", says Walter Grawenhoff,
President, Light Rail Vehicles, Bombardier Transportation.
The vehicles, which have a modular low-floor design, offer
comfortable entrance areas and a transparent interior with flat
screens for travel information. In addition, the air-conditioned
cars feature video cameras for improved safety. With a total
capacity for 187 passengers (106 seated, 81 standees), the
vehicles are ideal for high-density lines. Thanks to their
conventional bogies, the low-floor trams will run extremely
smooth with very low levels of noise through the city by the
Pleisse River.
The trams' proven technology is especially popular with transport
authorities in Germany. Cities that have chosen Bombardier
Transportation's Flexity Classic vehicles include Kassel, Essen,
Schwerin, Dessau, Dresden, Halle, Frankfurt/Main and Bremen in
Germany, as well as Krakow in Poland.
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 75,000 people and manufacturing facilities in
25 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2003 stood at
$23.7 billion Cdn. (15.8 billion euros). Bombardier shares are
traded on the Toronto, Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges
(BBD, BOM and BBDd.F).
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