Bombardier awarded $48 million

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Bombardier has received a $48 million order from the Greater Toronto Transit Authority for 20 Bombardier BiLevel commuter rail vehicles.

Bombardier Transportation

announced yesterday that it has received a firm order from the

Greater Toronto Transit Authority

(GO Transit) for 20 additional Bombardier BiLevel commuter rail vehicles

The order will add to GO Transit’s fleet of 395 Bombardier-built commuter railcars. Valued at approximately $48 million, the contract calls for the design, manufacture and delivery of the new commuter vehicles.



The GO Transit vehicles will be built at Bombardier’s

Thunder Bay, Ontario

, manufacturing facility and will be delivered in 2007. Bombardier is also responsible for the maintenance of GO Transit’s fleet of commuter rail cars and locomotives.