Bombardier: contract with Alstom for metro in Hamburg

(CercleFinance.com) - Bombardier, in consortium with Alstom, announces that it will provide 32 additional DT5 metros to Hamburger Hochbahn for a total of 186 million euros; Alstom's share in this contract exceeds 100 million euros, with Bombardier having the remainder.


Under this contract, Alstom will supply the mechanical part, the bogies and the mechanical braking system, while Bombardier will deliver the electrical equipment, along with the driving, passenger information and vehicle control systems.

The trains will be assembled in Salzgitter (Lower Saxony) and are expected to be in service as from January 2021. Jörg Nikutta, head of Alstom in Germany and Austria, said that with this order, the group will have delivered a total of 163 vehicles to the city of Hamburg.


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