[photopress:bombardier2_half.jpg,full,alignright]The Canadian company Bombardier Transportation has won a contract for rail signalling equipment in China worth $91 million. The new system will manage high-speed trains traveling at speeds up to 300 kilometers an hour along nearly 1,000 kilometers of rail line between the cities of Wuhan and Guangzhou.
The order came from systems integrator China Railway Signalling and Communications and involves European Rail Traffic Management System Level 2 technology which is seriously advanced stuff. It is expected to enter commercial operation in January 2010. However, the contract involves a 15-year agreement between CRSC and Bombardier which means that apart from installing the equipment Bombardier will be responsible for maintaining it.
Andre Navarri, president of Bombardier Transportation, said in a release, ‘This contract reinforces our excellent business relationship in China and further demonstrates the customer’s confidence in Bombardier.’
The system will be developed at Bombardier Transportation’s rail control solutions sites in Sweden and Thailand, and will include technology transfer so that the final units for the contract can be built in China. Product design will be carried out in Sweden and China. Our illustration is of the Bombardier CX-100 Automated People Mover which is being built for for Beijing. The total value of that contract is approximately $100 million.
Source: Canada East Online