Bombardier Wins €82 Million Order For Electrical Multiple-Units In France
12 February 2007 10:41
The consortium comprising Bombardier Transportation and Alstom Transport has received a firm order from the French National Railways (SNCF) for 51 TER 2N NG electrical multiple-unit trainsets or 165 car-units. Bombardier will build 63 of the car-units, as well as all of the 165 power bogies. This entire order is valued at €322 million (US$419 million), of which Bombardier Transportation's share is about €82 million (US$106 million). Deliveries are scheduled to take place from September 2008 to March 2010.
This contract, which comes as an option to a contract signed in September 2000, brings the total SNCF order to 203 TER 2N NG trainsets as part of the modernisation program of their regional express train fleet. These new units will run in the regions of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Côte d'Azur and Picardy. The TER 2N NG, built in the Bombardier Transportation Crespin factory in the Valenciennes region, is a double-deck, electrical, regional-express train which can run at a maximum speed of 160km/h.
Bombardier Transportation in France operates primarily at its Crespin factory in the Valenciennes region, which employs 1,600 people, and it is the leading French manufacturing site in the railway industry. Bombardier Transportation has been involved in all French TGV high-speed rail programs. The group manufactures a wide range of rolling stock for public transport. Among these products are the MF2000 vehicles for the Paris metro, and the Marseille, Nantes and Saint-Etienne tramways. Bombardier is a major player in regional transportation with its TER 2N NG railcars and the Autorail Grande Capacité (ACG), a high-capacity rail liner that 21 French regions have ordered to date. Bombardier also develops and builds commuter trains to be used on the Ile-de-France suburban network. Bombardier Transportation is recognised as a global partner of the transport authorities in France.
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