Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has received an order for 50 bilevel railway cars from GO Transit. The order, estimated at approximately $125 million, will expand GO Transit’s passenger capacity to an extra 8,000 commuters a day.
"We are pleased to provide GO Transit with additional BiLevel cars and welcome our customer's renewed confidence in the products we deliver," said Raymond Bachant, the President of Bombardier Transportation, North America in a statement. "We are also proud of our successful customer relationship with GO Transit who operates the largest commuter rail network in Canada.”
The new vehicles will be available for service starting in late 2011 and continuing into early 2012. After this order is fulfilled, GO Transit will have a total of 565 coaches in their bilevel rail car fleet.
"There is a major demand for GO to increase its train services, from both a customer service and ridership perspective," said GO Transit President Gary McNeil in a press release. "We need to add new trains and lengthen our existing trains so more bilevel coaches are required now."
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Bilevel railway cars are the most popular multi-level commuter railway car in North America and have been in service since 1978. Established as a user-friendly railway car with 162 seats, the Bombardier bilevel coach was originally developed in cooperation with GO Transit. This latest order will include the 1,000th bilevel railway car created by Bombardier.
"This is great news for the employees at Bombardier and the economy of Thunder Bay," said Bill Mauro the MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan. "This investment continues our government's commitment to mass transit and helps Bombardier remain a major economic catalyst for Thunder Bay and region."
"We are pleased to provide GO Transit with additional BiLevel cars and welcome our customer's renewed confidence in the products we deliver," said Raymond Bachant, the President of Bombardier Transportation, North America in a statement. "We are also proud of our successful customer relationship with GO Transit who operates the largest commuter rail network in Canada.”
The new vehicles will be available for service starting in late 2011 and continuing into early 2012. After this order is fulfilled, GO Transit will have a total of 565 coaches in their bilevel rail car fleet.
"There is a major demand for GO to increase its train services, from both a customer service and ridership perspective," said GO Transit President Gary McNeil in a press release. "We need to add new trains and lengthen our existing trains so more bilevel coaches are required now."
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Bilevel railway cars are the most popular multi-level commuter railway car in North America and have been in service since 1978. Established as a user-friendly railway car with 162 seats, the Bombardier bilevel coach was originally developed in cooperation with GO Transit. This latest order will include the 1,000th bilevel railway car created by Bombardier.
"This is great news for the employees at Bombardier and the economy of Thunder Bay," said Bill Mauro the MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan. "This investment continues our government's commitment to mass transit and helps Bombardier remain a major economic catalyst for Thunder Bay and region."
