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To: Gilbert Drapeau who wrote (920)	9/18/2001 9:42:38 AM
From: Gilbert Drapeau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1177

Bombardier Opens State-of-the-Art Train Maintenance Facility in the United Kingdom MONTREAL, QUEBEC-SEPTEMBER 18, 2001 - 09:11 EDT- Bombardier Transportation today opened its new, state-of-the-art maintenance facility, Central Rivers, in Staffordshire, UK. At a ceremony at the new facility, UK Transport Minister David Jamieson, performed the official opening, in the presence of Chris Green, Chief Executive of Virgin Trains, Brian Suter, Executive Chairman of Stagecoach Group, J. R. Andre Bombardier, Vice-Chairman of Bombardier Inc. and Pierre Lortie, President and Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Transportation. Central Rivers has been purpose built to maintain the new 34 Voyager and 44 Super Voyager trains being manufactured for Virgin Trains. The Cdn$69 million (48 million euro) facility, built on a 29 acre greenfield site at Barton-under Needwood, has already created 120 new jobs and, when the full fleet of 78 trains is in service in 2003, will eventually employ 250 staff. The facility has additional capacity to enable Bombardier Transportation to offer maintenance services to other train operators in the future. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Pierre Lortie said: "I am delighted that Central Rivers is now officially open and fully operational. We are already half way through deliveries of Voyagers to Virgin and the first tilting Super Voyager is built and on test in France. These trains are of the highest quality and Central Rivers will ensure that the quality and reliability of the units are constantly maintained to meet Virgin's challenging availability requirements." To mark the occasion of being half way through the build programme of the 34 Voyager trains, Vice-Chairman of Bombardier Inc., Andre Bombardier, named unit number 17 "Bombardier Voyager". Mr Bombardier commented: "I am delighted to be here today to celebrate the official opening of Central Rivers and to mark the delivery of the seventeenth Voyager train to Virgin. For those of you who travelled here on board the Voyager, I am sure you will agree that the ride, facilities and quality of the new trains are of the highest standard." Bombardier Transportation has a major presence in the UK, employing some 5,200 people across the country. As well as manufacturing capability at the Derby and Wakefield sites, the company has maintenance centres at Central Rivers, Crewe, Doncaster, Chart Leacon, Ilford, Croydon and 13 other locations throughout the UK. Bombardier Transportation is the global leader in the rail equipment, manufacturing and servicing industry. Its wide range of products includes passenger rail cars and complete rail transportation systems. It also manufactures locomotives, freight cars, propulsion & controls and provides signaling equipment and systems. Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and service company, is a world leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized recreational products. It is also a provider of financial services and asset management. The Corporation employs 79,000 people in 24 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific and revenues for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2001 totalled Cdn$16.1 billion.