Bombardier to provide 74 additional TWINDEXX Vario double-deck coaches to Israel Railways
06 June 2019 - 11:49PM
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Mobility solution provider Bombardier Transportation has signed
a contract to provide 74 additional BOMBARDIER TWINDEXX Vario
double-deck coaches to Israel Railways (ISR). This call-off is part
of a framework agreement signed in October 2010 and is valued at
approximately 147 million euro ($166 million US). The delivery of
the new coaches is scheduled to be completed by December 2021.
Michael Fohrer, President Central and Eastern Europe and Israel
at Bombardier Transportation said, “We are very proud to have
signed a seventh consecutive order with Israel Railways, a result
of exemplary collaboration and customer satisfaction. It is
testimony to the superior quality and reliable performance in
customer service of all coaches delivered up to this point.”
Eran Cohen, Chief Country Representative Israel at Bombardier
Transportation, said, “Sustainability over the entire lifecycle,
safety, reliability, higher capacity and performance; those are the
ingredients that make our double-deck TWINDEXX Vario trains so
successful. We are grateful that Israel Railways has once more
decided to put their trust into this well-proven product and the
team behind it.”
“This order will strengthen and also benefit from the ongoing
transformation of our two sites in Saxony, Germany,” added Michael
Fohrer. “Görlitz, as the competence center for carbody production,
and Bautzen, as our industrial lead site for serial production,
will decisively contribute to the successful execution of this
order. In addition, we will continue progressively developing our
local supply base and the railway industry in Israel, in particular
through the increased involvement of our final assembly site of
M.T.R. Dimona, Israel.” The new order consists of eleven control
cars for operation with TRAXX electric locomotives, also compatible
with diesel locomotives, eleven intermediate coaches with dedicated
space for people with reduced mobility and 52 trailer cars.
Additionally, the driver’s desk in the control car will be
re-designed to be identical to one in the TRAXX electric
locomotives. This single-car concept enables ISR to configure the
loco-hauled trainsets according to the required capacity. Each of
the eight-car trains currently in-service feature seating capacity
for 1,000 passengers. The popular trainsets, based on a proven
platform concept in operation across Europe, are in daily service
in Israel and compliant with all current safety, comfort and
efficiency standards. They represent great strides in helping
alleviate congestion in Israel. As a full solution provider,
Bombardier Transportation operates a service depot in Haifa where
293 double-deck coaches out of ISR existing fleet are being
upgraded for a speed of 160 km/h and for electric traction.
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