Bombardier Transportation
| Industry | Transportation |
|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Berlin, Germany |
Key people | André Navarri, President Bombardier 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 the world’s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters is 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.
History
Bombardier Transportation was founded in 1974 and started manufacturing rolling stock with a contract from the STCUM (Montreal transport authority) to build metro trains for the Montreal Metro.
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 design. The group also purchased Hawker Siddeley Canada. 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.
Bombardier produced the LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) tilting train in the 1980s.
In the late 1980s and 1990s, Bombardier Transportation enlarged its scope mainly in Europe with the acquisitions of BN Constructions Ferroviaires et Métalliques (with its principal site in Bruges, Belgium) 1988, ANF-Industries (with its principal site in Crespin, France) 1989, Procor Engineering Ltd. (with its principal site in Derby, UK) 1990, Waggonfabrik Talbot KG in Aachen, Germany 1995 and Deutsche Waggonbau AG (DWA) 1997. 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 (smaller sites included e.g. Vetschau and Niesky). In 1998 Bombardier also acquired Ateliers de constructions mécaniques de Vevey in Vevey [1].
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. The addition of ADtranz also made Bombardier a manufacturer of locomotives along with its existing product lines of passenger carriages, multiple-unit trains, and trams. Additionally, the acquisition of ADtranz gained Bombardier competence in the components business, most notably for (electrical) propulsion.
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).
Facilities
Bombardier Transportation has production facilities or product development in:
- North America: Canada (Thunder Bay, Kingston, La Pocatière), United States, Mexico
- Europe: Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Finland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic
- Asia: China, India, Thailand
- South America: Brazil
- Australia
Most large-scale production facilities are located in Canada or Europe or India.
Products
Metro rolling stock
- Advanced Rapid Transit
- Chicago Transit Authority: An order of new cars for the Chicago L is in development for a 2010 launch.
- Docklands Light Railway rolling stock
- Delhi Metro Rail rolling stock
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: "#3 Red Line" cars (01800 series)
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York): R62A, R110B and R142 cars for the New York City Subway
- Movia metro trains customised to the needs of a wide range of cities
- Société de transport de Montréal: MR73 Montreal Metro cars
- Toronto Transit Commission: RT75-T1 subway cars
- Modified H-6 for Ankara Metro
- Taipei Rapid Transit System: The extension line of Muzha Line system, which entered official operation on July 4th, 2009.
Trams and light rail vehicles
- Cobra
- Flexity Family
- Flexity Outlook Eurotram and Cityrunner
- Flexity Classic
- Flexity Swift
- Flexity Link (tram-train) BOCLF70
- Flexity Berlin
- Flexity 2
- Incentro
- Metropolitan Area Express (Portland, Oregon) (MAX) LRV in Portland, Oregon
- Variotram (unit used on Helsinki tram network only; the Variotram brand has since passed under ownership of Stadler Rail)
Locomotives
Passenger carriages
- BiLevel Coach
- Bombardier MultiLevel Coach
- Double-deck Coach
- Horizon/Comet/Shoreliner coaches
- LRC carriages
Regular-speed multiple-unit trains
- AGC (Autorail à grande capacité)
- CP2000 (Portuguese Railways Class 3400)
- Electrostar (electric) (see also British Rail Classes 357, 375, 376, 377, 378 and 379)
- IC3
- M7 class of EMU cars for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad
- MR-90 class of EMU cars for the Agence Metropolitaine de Transport for usage on the Deux-Montagnes line.
- RegioSwinger
- Talent
- Turbostar (diesel) (see also British Rail Classes 168, 170, 171 and 172)
- VLocity diesel DMU's for V/Line, in Victoria, Australia.
High-speed trains
- Acela Express (leader of a project in which Alstom is a participant)
- InterCityExpress (participant in a Siemens-led project)
- JetTrain (experimental)
- Regina
- TGV (participant in an Alstom-led project)
- Voyager, Super Voyager and Meridian & Pioneer diesel-electric multiple units
- CRH1
- Zefiro Maximum speed of 380 km/h [1]
People movers
Bombardier also supplies propulsion units, train-control systems, bogies, and other parts, and maintains train fleets.
Services
Bombardier Transportation provides two major services for commuter train providers all over the world.
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.
Operations
Bombardier Transportation will be the next operator for 6 of the 7 GO Transit commuter train lines starting in June 2008.
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