Bombardier Transportation has received an order from Swedish railway company Skånetrafiken for the delivery of 11 additional three-car Bombardier* CONTESSA* interregional trains. The order is valued at approximately $121 million Cdn (MSEK 700). The new vehicles, which are scheduled for delivery starting in Spring of 2005, will be put in service in the southern Swedish region of Skåne as well as over the Öresund bridge linking Sweden and Denmark. The order entails an option for a further 19 three-car trains.
The CONTESSA electric multiple units have been in service in Denmark and Sweden since the inauguration of the Öresund Bridge in July 2000. Four different customers operate a total of 56 three-car trains, 21 of which are operated by Skånetrafiken.
"We are delighted to continue our mutually beneficial cooperation with Skånetrafiken," said Olof Persson, President, Mainline, Bombardier Transportation. "It is gratifying to be the supplier of a successful transportation company like Skånetrafiken and we are very excited about supporting their endeavours in meeting the future transportation demand in this expanding region."
The trains will be produced by Bombardier at its Västerås and Kalmar facilities in Sweden. The bogies will be manufactured at its site in Derby, 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 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 Montréal, 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. Bombardier shares are traded on the Toronto, Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges (BBD, BOM and BBDd.F).
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