Bombardier Transportation

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Bombardier Transportation
Type Wholly-owned subsidiary (of Bombardier Inc.)
Headquarters Flag of Germany.svg Berlin, Germany
Flag of Canada.svg Montreal, Canada (Parent company)
Key people André Navarri, President Bombardier Transportation
Industry Transportation
Products Light Rail Vehicles, Heavy Rail Vehicles, Bi Level Commuter Rail Cars
Parent Bombardier Inc.
Website http://www.transport.bombardier.com

Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier Inc.. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin, Germany.

Their wide range of products includes passenger rail vehicles, locomotives, bogies, propulsion, and controls. They also provide rail control solutions and build total transit systems.

André Navarri is the current President of Bombardier Transportation. In January 2008 the company had 31,500 employees, 23,800 of them in Europe.

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[edit] History

Bombardier Transportation's first order for mass transit rolling stock was in 1974 for the Société de transport de Montréal (STCUM) (Montreal transport authority) to build metro trains for the Montreal Metro.[1]

The original core of the Transportation group was formed with the purchase of Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1975. With that purchase Bombardier acquired MLW's LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) tilting train design which it produced in the 1980s. The group also purchased Hawker Siddeley Canada[citation needed]. MLW was later sold to General Electric in 1988. GE ended railcar operations in Canada in 1993. Bombardier Transportation continues to operate the railcar operations in Thunder Bay.[citation needed]

In the late 1980s Bombardier Transportation gained a manufacturing presence in Europe with the acquisition of a 45% share in BN Constructions Ferroviaires et Métalliques[1] (with its principal site in Bruges, Belgium) in 1986, and the acquisition of ANF-Industries (with its principal site in Crespin, France, near the Belgium border) in 1989[1] In 1990 Procor Engineering Ltd. a manufacturer of bodyshells was acquired, in 1995 Waggonfabrik Talbot KG in Aachen, Germany and in 1998 Deutsche Waggonbau AG (DWA)[1]. The latter was an entity that encompassed the major portion of the railway equipment industry of the former German Democratic Republic ("Kombinat Schienenfahrzeugbau") with its principal sites in Görlitz and Bautzen. In 1998 Bombardier also acquired Ateliers de constructions mécaniques de Vevey in Vevey [2].

With its acquisition of the German company ADtranz from DaimlerChrysler in 2001, Bombardier Transportation became by many measurements the world’s largest rail equipment manufacturer[3] The addition of ADtranz made Bombardier a manufacturer of locomotives along with its existing product lines of passenger carriages, multiple-unit trains, and trams. With the acquisition of ADtranz Bombardier gained competence in the electrical propulsion components business.

The Canadian mass transit unit was created from the purchase of Urban Transportation Development Corporation, a former Government of Ontario corporation (originally named Ontario Transportation Development Corporation).[citation needed]

[edit] Facilities

Bombardier Transportation has production facilities or product development in:

[edit] Products

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[edit] Metro rolling stock

MBTA Red Line train (Boston Subway)
R142 car (NYC Subway)
Delhi Metro broad gauge train, manufactured by Bombardier.


[edit] Trams and light rail vehicles


[edit] Locomotives

TRAXX electric locomotive


[edit] Passenger carriages

VIA 1 LRC at Windsor


[edit] Regular-speed multiple-unit trains

Talent DMU


[edit] High-speed trains

Acela Express train

[edit] People movers

Bombardier also supplies propulsion units, train-control systems, bogies, and other parts, and maintains train fleets.

[edit] Services

Bombardier Transportation provides two major services for commuter train providers all over the world.

[edit] Maintenance

Bombardier Transportation has several maintenance contracts for the servicing of commuter trains. This includes fueling, storage, train washing and upkeep. One of their key clients is GO Transit.

[edit] Operations

Bombardier Transportation will be the next operator for 6 of the 7 GO Transit commuter train lines starting in June 2008.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Rolling stock and manufacturers : Bombardier transportation Japan Railway and Transport review 12/2205 www.jrtr.net
  2. ^ History of Bombardier (swizterland) www.bombardier-transportation.ch
  3. ^ Bombardier transportation : History www.bombardier.com
  4. ^ http://www.zefiro.bombardier.com/en/portfolio/index.html

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