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Bombardier to build high-speed trains in China for $4 billion US

Monday, September 28, 2009 at 11:26AM

Bombarider Transportation's joint venture Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd., has been selected by the Chinese Ministry of Railways (MOR) to supply 80 ZEFIRO 380 very high speed trains (1,120 cars) for the country’s high speed rail network. The contract includes 20 eight-car trainsets and 60 sixteen-car trainsets, and is valued at an estimated 27.4 billion Chinese Renminbis ($4 billion US, 2.7 billion euros). Bombardier’s share of the contract is estimated at 13.5 billion Chinese Renminbis, ($2 billion US, 1.3 billion euros).

The first train is scheduled for delivery in 2012 with final deliveries expected in 2014.   The new trains will be an integral part of an evolving high speed rail capability in China, which is developing more than 6,000 km of new high speed lines to create one of the most advanced high speed rail networks in the world. The trains, with maximum operating speeds of 380 kph, are based on Bombardier’s next-generation ZEFIRO high speed rail technology, and powered by a highly energy efficient BOMBARDIER MITRAC propulsion and control system. The ZEFIRO 380 trainsets will also incorporate Bombardier’s advanced ECO4 energy saving technologies to create best-in-class energy and operating efficiencies.

The trains will be manufactured in Qingdao, north of Shanghai in northeastern China. Bombardier Sifang currently employs more than 3,000 people in China. Established in 1998, Bombardier Sifang is a joint venture between Bombardier and CSRSifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Ltd. It is focused on supplying passenger rail rolling stock for China. “This is a landmark order for next-generation rail equipment and the result of a positive and productive, long-term relationship,” Andre Navarri, Bombardier Transportation's president and chief operating officer announced from Berlin, where the company's global rail division is headquartered. “We are supplying the latest VHS technology for one of the most far-reaching high speed rail initiatives anywhere in the world.” The trains will also incorporate Bombardier's advanced ECO4 energy saving technologies, which was launched last year as part of an effort to establish rail as the most sustainable form of transportation.

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