Talk:Bombardier Transportation/Archive 1

Products
M8 contract lost to Kawasaki. See: http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_4083592 Keo 06:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Electrostars were also sold to Connex in the UK, which then lost the franchises, so are supplied to Southern (Class 375 and 377 - difference is the coupler head) and also SouthEastern (Class 375 and 376 - 376's have sliding doors, not plugs, and no toilets). All were initally agreed as options with Connex and novated across.

??
MTR is not a metro system in the USA. It is in Hong Kong. Iman 18:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:54, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Text from main article
I have trimmed the "Railway technology" section in the main Bombardier, which was about three times longer than the history section here. I have placed the section her in its entirety to that an editor with more experince with railways can work in any useful info into this article. Thanks. - BillCJ (talk) 05:06, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

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In 1970, Bombardier acquired the Viennese company Lohner-Rotax, a manufacturer of snowmobile engines and tramways, and thus became involved with rail business. This section started to gain importance in the mid-1990s in the renaissance of tramways or "light-rail transit." Bombardier acquired the assets and designs of American Locomotive Company/Montreal Locomotive Works, which continued in the locomotive business until 1985. In the Canadian market, they also acquired Hawker Siddeley Canada’s Thunder Bay facilities and UTDC (formerly of Kingston).

In 2001, Bombardier acquired Adtranz, the developer of the Class 170 Turbostar and Class 357/375/376/377 Electrostar trains which are widely used throughout Britain. They also built the Nottingham Express Transit trams and parts of Alstom's Eurostar trains. In the UK, ADtranz's major facility was located in Derby. Other major areas of activity of ADtranz were Germany, Sweden and Switzerland with major facilities in Hennigsdorf and Kassel (Germany), Västerås and Kalmar (Sweden), and Zürich and Turgi (Switzerland).

Bombardier was one of the companies which took over British Rail's R&D facilities after privatisation (the remainder largely being absorbed into AEA Technology and Alstom). They were part of a major consortium in the construction of the Eurotunnel railway cars, and also built new subway trains for a wide range of customers including the Toronto Transit Commission, the Commission de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal, and the New York City Transit Authority (R62A, R142), noted for designing the Las Vegas Monorail system.

Bombardier is a UK Notified Body, under The Railways (Interoperability) (Notified Bodies) Regulations 2000, in one TSI area: rolling stock.

Bombardier Transportation also leads the development and production of the Acela Express train in a 75%–25% arrangement with Alstom. The train runs between Boston, Massachusetts, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. Bombardier provided carbody design and tilting mechanisms from its LRC ("Light Rapid Comfortable") line of passenger trainsets, and integrated a variant of Alstom's TGV propulsion system. This is the first high-speed rail line in North America, running at a top speed of 240 km/h (150 mph). To meet U.S. government "Buy American" regulations, final assembly of these trains was carried out at Bombardier's U.S. rail car assembly facility in Barre, Vermont. Bombardier also provided seller-arranged financing to allow Amtrak to lease the trainsets rather than purchase them outright as the railroad had previously done.

Bombardier has also entered into the Australian rail industry with the implementation and maintenance of the main electric propulsion systems for numerous passenger trains and locomotive fleets, and the manufacture of new rolling stock in partnership with EDI Rail. These include Queensland Rail's IMU160, SMU260, IMU200 and SMU220 trainsets, and V/Line's VLocity DMUs in Victoria. There are also Bombardier trains in Perth, Western Australia. These electric trains are powered through overhead catenary.

Bombardier made the Hiawatha Line light rail cars currently being operated in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Metro Transit.

With the acquisition of ADtranz in 2001, Bombardier Transportation emerged as the largest manufacturer of railway rolling stock in the world. Depending on how one defines industrial activities, it is sometimes considered the largest in the world in this category.

Headquarters
Now why does the article say it's headquarters are in Berlin, Germany while the box in the sidebar says Montreal ? Please correct ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaffermaniar (talk • contribs) 08:34, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Bombardier TEG = Bombardier Transporation?
Is there any evidendance that these two subsidiaries of Bombardier are the same or was TEG and Eurorail renamed to Transportation? --Skatz-Nelstar (talk) 17:26, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Korea corruption accussations
It is most welcome to see a well referenced section added. However it could be argued reasonably that the current section is a little overblown, especially when one considers that the state did not find enough evidence to prosecute.83.100.174.82 (talk) 13:06, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Toronto Transit Commission Flexity Outlook lawsuit
We should discuss the Toronto Transit Commission Flexity Outlook lawsuit here as well. I have added stuff from the Flexity Outlook (Toronto streetcar) article to help get started. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:00, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The article in general looks better. Thanks so much Ground Zero!  Johnny Au  (talk/contributions) 02:29, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your work on this too. Ground Zero &#124; t 14:05, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem. Johnny Au  (talk/contributions) 03:13, 27 December 2015 (UTC)