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5/30/2016

Bombardier to Supply Twelve Additional FLEXITY Swift Tram-Trains to Karlsruhe, Germany

The contract for tram trains to the city of Karlsruhe is valued at approximately 60 million Euro...



Bombardier Transportation and Global Rail Sdn. Bhd. Win Contract to Provide Rail Control for Second Line of Malaysia's Klang Valley MRT. An overall value of approximately 95 million Euro. Bombardier's share totals approximately 48 million Euro...

Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has been awarded a contract to supply 12 FLEXITY tram trains to the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. The contract is valued at approximately 60 million euro ($67 million US) and is a call-off from an order for 30 dual-system tram trains originally placed in 2009.

The first 30 tram trains ordered in 2009 are already in successful revenue service in Karlsruhe and the surrounding region. 

The three-section light rail vehicles are 37 m long and 2.65 m wide, with space for 244 passengers. For optimal integration into the existing infrastructure all access areas are medium-floor, but still ensure rapid passenger flow and easy access for travellers with limited mobility as well as for passengers traveling with prams and heavy luggage. 

Overland these tram-trains reach a maximum speed of 100 km/h. 

Bombardier Transportation and Global Rail Sdn. Bhd. Win Contract to Provide Rail Control for Second Line of Malaysia's Klang Valley MRT

A Bombardier Transportation-Global Rail Sdn. Bhd. consortium has won the contract to provide the rail control and signalling system including platform screen doors (PSD) for the second line of Malaysia's new Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) network. The Bombardier-led consortium will deliver the proven BOMBARDIER CITYFLO 650 communications-based train control (CBTC) solution for the 52.2 km KVMRT Line 2 which will connect Sungai Buloh, Serdang and Putrajaya, also known as the SSP Line.

The six-year contract, awarded by Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (MRT Corp), the owner and developer of the KVMRT project, has an overall value of approximately 433 million Malaysian ringgit (95 million euro, $106 million US). Bombardier's share totals approximately 220 million Malaysian ringgit (48 million euro, $54 million US), with Global Rail's share approximately 213 million Malaysian ringgit (47 million euro, $52 million US).