BERLIN, GERMANY–(Marketwired – Dec 13, 2017) –
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Rail record personality Bombardier Transportation has been awarded a agreement with Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG (DVG) to supply 47 new BOMBARDIER FLEXITY vehicles. The agreement is valued during approximately 132 million euro ($156million US). The initial vehicles will be delivered by mid-2019 with serve trams to follow until 2023.
“We are creation an investment in a mobility resolution that will yield some-more comfort and space to a customers. In addition, we count on a newest technological developments for a reserve of a passengers and trade participants. That’s what Bombardier’s vehicles deliver,” pronounced Klaus-Peter Wandelenus, Chief Technology Officer during DVG.
“We are unapproachable that DVG relies on Bombardier’s imagination for a renovation of their fleet,” pronounced Michael Fohrer, Managing Director of Bombardier Transportation Germany. “Passengers of DVG can demeanour brazen to equally innovative vehicles that measure high on limit value in reserve and comfort.”
The formation of a world’s initial homologated barrier showing assistance complement for trams will urge reserve for all trade participants. Bombardier’s motorist assistance complement was recently awarded a European Rail Cluster Innovation Award 2017, and has been in operational use on patron Frankfurter Verkehrsgesellschaft GmbH’s vehicles in a city of Frankfurt, Germany. To serve safeguard newcomer safety, dual cameras will reinstate rear-mirrors and an additional picture-in-picture camera will discharge blind spots.
The bidirectional 3-car-vehicles for Duisburg will be 70 per cent low-floor FLEXITY trams, 34 meters long, 2.3 meters far-reaching and means to ride adult to 200 passengers. With dual additional doors in a finish cars and one in a center car, they will concede for improved accessibility. The new swift for increasing passenger-flow and aloft capacity, is Bombardier’s grant to Duisburg’s efforts in attracting an even bigger share of a city’s race to use open transport, revoke internal highway trade and atmosphere pollution.
About Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier Transportation is a tellurian personality in rail record and offers a broadest portfolio in a industry. It covers a full spectrum of rail solutions, trimming from trains to sub-systems and signalling. The association also provides finish ride systems, e-mobility record and upkeep services. As an creation driver, Bombardier Transportation invariably breaks new belligerent in tolerable mobility. It provides integrated solutions that emanate estimable advantages for operators, passengers and a environment. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Bombardier Transportation employs around 37,150 people and a products and services work in over 60 countries.
About Bombardier
Bombardier is a world’s heading manufacturer of both planes and trains. Looking distant forward while delivering today, Bombardier is elaborating mobility worldwide by responding a call for some-more efficient, tolerable and beguiling travel everywhere. Our vehicles, services and, many of all, a employees are what make us a tellurian personality in transportation.
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