Bombardier Wins $1.63 Billion Crossrail Deal on Siemens Exit
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Bombardier Inc. won a 1 billion-pound ($1.63 billion) contract to build 65 trains for London’s Crossrail route, securing work at Britain’s last railcar factory after Siemens AG withdrew from the bidding.
Bombardier will make the nine-car trains measuring 200 meters (655 feet) at its Derby plant in central England, the U.K. Department for Transport and Transport for London said in a joint statement. The rolling stock will be delivered from May 2017 ahead of Crossrail services starting December 2018.