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Article: Bombardier Receives Order for 30 Dual-system FLEXITY Swift Tram-trains for German City of Karlsruhe.
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- September 18, 2009
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BERLIN, GERMANY, Sep 18, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- The Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH (AVG) and the Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH (VBK) have ordered 30 dual-system tram-trains from Bombardier. These ultra-modern and comfortable vehicles valued at about 129 million euros ($190 million US), will be delivered between August 2011 and September 2013. An option for up to another 45 vehicles has also been agreed.
The new tram-trains will be manufactured in the Bombardier sites Bautzen, Germany and Vienna, Austria. The BOMBARDIER MITRAC propulsion and control system will be provided by Bombardier Mannheim and BOMBARDIER FLEXX Urban 2500 bogies by Bombardier ...