30.5.09

Bombardier India snippets

On June 5, 2009, Candian transportation and aviation major Bombardier Inc.'s Indian unit will roll out the first metro car from Savli, a small town in Vadodara district.The metro car (coach) has been built for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). This will be the first train made by a private company in India.
If all goes well, the metro rail built in Gujarat will be commissioned in Delhi in a couple of months. Bombardier is building a dedicated broad-gauge rail line at Savli unit so that the metro cars being built here can be transported via broad-gauge. The first metro is likely to be transported to Delhi by road as the broad gauge is still under construction at the Bombardier unit.
Bombardier has been able to set up the unit and deliver the first metro car in a record time. “We are happy to bring world class technology to India in a record time. We will now be handing over the metro car to DMRC. It is because of them that this project was developed and finally brought to India,” said Rajeev Jyoti, MD, Bombardier India. Chief Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the state-of-the-art railway vehicle manufacturing facility at Savli in November 2008. Bombardier has 1.4 lakh square feet land at Savli. The company plans to manufacture railway vehicles for south Asian markets from its unit in Savli.

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