Bombardier Transportation
has announced that it has signed a contract valued at €138m with
Swiss Federal Railways(SBB) to supply 140 low-floor passenger coaches.
The contract includes an option for an additional 48 vehicles, raising the potential order volume to a total of about €181m. Deliveries of the coaches are scheduled to begin in July 2008 and end in July 2012.
SBB intends to use the new air-conditioned low-floor coaches to replace the previous intermediate cars in its existing fleet of regional trains.
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