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Article: Canada : Bombardier Signs US$431 Mln Contract With BVG For 99 Flexity Berlin Trams.
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- September 2, 2009
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Canada-based Bombardier Inc. said Tuesday that Bombardier Transportation signed a contract with Berlin's transport operator Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, or BVG, for 99 Bombardier Flexity Berlin trams. The order is valued at around 300 million euros, or US$431 million.
Bombardier said that BVG's supervisory board has approved the order on June 29. The order includes 40 long and 24 short one-way vehicles as well as 35 short bidirectional vehicles trams. The order also follows a framework agreement for a maximum of 210 vehicles in 2006.
The new trams will be produced at Bombardier's sites in Germany, the company said. Body shell, ...