Bombardier expects order for 100 more coaches from Delhi Metro

October 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Now commuters and visitors to the Delhi Metro can take back a toy replica of the metro trains as souvenir of their journey, an official said Wednesday. "From today (Wednesday), visitors to the Metro museum at the Patel Chowk Metro Station can carry a lasting memory back home - a toy metro train will be available for sale at the souvenir shop," Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal said.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Friday said its Delhi-Noida section will be operational by the end of 2009. "The metro on Yamuna Bank to Noida section is likely to start by the first week of December this year.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro has got an advanced train to its existing fleet. The new broad gauge train, that was rolled out today, is the first of the Phase-II project.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is set to roll out its new broad gauge trains from next month, which DMRC officials say will be more comfortable, swanky and faster than the present ones. The DMRC plans to bring in the new trains completely by 2011 at a cost of Rs.29.84 billion.

September 12th, 2009 BANGALORE - State-run Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) achieved a milestone when it delivered the country's first standard gauge metro car on Friday. Manufactured by compiling global standards, the metro train is a four-car formation, comprising two driving trailer cars and two motorcars with a capacity to carry 1,506 passengers.

September 11th, 2009 BANGALORE - State-run Bharat Earth Movers Friday rolled out India's first set of four standard gauge metro cars for Delhi Metro Rail Corp's second phase of mass rapid transport system. The stainless steel air-conditioned coaches are indigenously manufactured at Bharat Earth's Bangalore complex under technology transfer from Rotem of South Korea.

August 20th, 2009 Bombardier cancels jet order)MONTREAL — Bombardier Aerospace has terminated an order from Jet Republic for up to 110 jets. Bombardier said Thursday the order for 110 Learjet 60 XR aircraft, consisting of 25 firm orders and 85 conditional orders, to Lisbon-based Jet Republic was originally announced on June 20, 2008.

August 11th, 2009 Bombardier cancels Italian jet orderTORONTO — Bombardier Aerospace has canceled an order from Italy's My Air for 15 of its CRJ1000 aircraft because the carrier faces uncertainty. My Air initially ordered 19 of Bombardier's CRJ900 regional jets in 2006, and four were delivered.

July 10th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) is all set to manufacture indigenously designed low-cost metro railway coaches for Mass Rapid Transport Systems (MRTS) in the cities. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, V R S Natarajan, Chairman and Managing Director of BEML said, " The BEML has furnished a turnkey proposal to the central government to facilitate the execution of supplying the low-cost rakes to the two and three tier cities where the metro railway network is envisaged." "Each of the rakes is estimated to cost rupees six crores," he added.

July 9th, 2009 BANGALORE - State-run Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) plans to manufacture hi-tech rail coaches for low, medium and high speed trains in technology collaboration with Alstom of France, a top company official said Thursday. "We have signed an agreement with Alstom for technology transfer to build coaches for light-speed, medium and high-speed trains for metro and intra-city commuting.

July 1st, 2009 TORONTO - Canada's Bombardier, which is the third largest civilian aircraft maker and global leader in rail transportation, Tuesday announced the world's biggest sale of rail streetcars. The Montreal-based Bombardier, which supplies coaches to Delhi Metro, said it has signed a contract worth $851 million to supply 204 state-of-the-art streetcars to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

June 6th, 2009 SALVI - Bombardier Transportation India (BTI) rolled out Bombardier Movia, the first indigenously built metro car from its manufacturing unit, in Savli of Gujarat. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi launched the roll out of the first metro car.odi congratulated Bombardier's officials for unveiling the first Indian built Metro car in record period.

June 4th, 2009 TORONTO - Canada's Bombardier, the world's third largest maker of civilian aircraft, Wednesday reported 31 percent drop in its profits for the first quarter. Attributing the decline in its income to a large number of order cancellations, the Montreal-based company said it earned $158 million in the first quarter as compared to $229 million during the same period last year.

April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the metro increasingly becoming the choice of city's commuters, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has ordered extra coaches to be attached to some existing trains to increase the passenger capacity, an official said Sunday. Eight more coaches have been ordered by the DMRC to be added to four trains.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bombardier Transportation, a unit of Germany-based train maker Bombardier Inc, said the first of the 424 Movia cars ordered by Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) has arrived here Thursday on an Antonov freight aircraft. 'The first Movia train-set will commence track tests in March while the service introduction is scheduled for the second week in June,' Bombardier Transportation India president and managing director Rajeev Jyoti said.