Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier Transportation was founded in 1974 and started manufacturing rolling stock with a contract from the Société de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal to build metro trains for the Montréal Métro. The core of the Transportation group was formed with the purchase of Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1975. The group also purchased Hawker Siddeley Canada. MLW was later sold to General Electric in 1988. Bombardier produced the LRC (L ...

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Bombardier Transportation, Bombardier Transportation - History, Bombardier Transportation - Products

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Bombardier Inc. (IPA /bɔ̃baʁdje/) TSX: BBD.SV.B TSX: BBD.MV.A, a Canadian company, was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942, at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Québec. It is a large manufacturer of regional aircraft, business jets, and railway cars. Its headquarters are in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Corporate Headquarters < ...

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• Bombardier - History
• Bombardier - Global expansion
• Bombardier - Criticisms
• Bombardier - Corporate governance

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Joseph-Armand Bombardier was a shy, determined mechanic who dreamed of building a vehicle that could 'float on snow'. In 1937, the first snowmobile rolled out of his small repair shop in Valcourt, Quebec. Over the years, Bombardier continued to perfect his dream and found that winter-bound Canadians were eager to come along for the ride. Bombardier changed the way we travel over snow and he established a Canad ...

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Bombardier, Bombardier - History, Bombardier - Global expansion, Bombardier - Criticisms, Bombardier - Corporate governance

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2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Caen is a city and a commune of northwestern France. It is the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Calvados département, and the capital of the administrative Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy) région. Population 115,000, total urban sprawl around 200,000. ...

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• Caen - History
• Caen - Geography
• Caen - Monuments
• Caen - Castle
• Caen - Abbeys
• Caen - Others
• Caen - Administration
• Caen - Transport
• Caen - Miscellaneous
• Caen - Education
• Caen - Births
• Caen - Twinnings

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The Class 222 Meridian is a diesel-electric multiple unit high-speed train, which the English train operating company Midland Mainline put in service on certain routes in 2004 as a replacement for its Turbostars. The Meridian, capable of 200 km/h, is much faster than the Turbostars, and reported to be more comfortable for passengers as well. The Meridian, manufactured by Bombardier Transportation, is similar ...

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Advanced Rapid Transit or ART is the current name given to a metro system manufactured by Bombardier Transportation; it was originally named ICTS (for ‘Intermediate Capacity Transit System’), and is sometimes referred to generically as ‘advanced light rapid transit’. It is used by metro lines in Vancouver, Toronto, Detroit, New York, and Kuala Lumpur. A future system in Yongin, near Seoul, South Korea is to use the technology as well. It was proposed for Bangkok, Thailand’s Skytrain, but dropped in favour of st ...

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• Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit - Technology
• Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit - Metros using ART technology
• Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit - Toronto
• Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit - Vancouver
• Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit - Detroit
• Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit - Kuala Lumpur
• Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit - New York
• Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit - Movie appearances

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Under the management of Laurent Beaudoin, Bombardier's son-in-law, the company took over the Canadian government-owned Canadair aircraft manufacturing company in Montreal that had recorded the largest corporate loss in Canadian business history. Bombardier became a leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, and trains. Besides the Challenger and Global business jets, in 1990 Bombardier acquired the Learjet Company of Wichita, Kansas, builder of the Learjet business aircraft. The aerospace arm, Bombardier Aerospace, accounts fo ...

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Bombardier, Bombardier - History, Bombardier - Global expansion, Bombardier - Criticisms, Bombardier - Corporate governance

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Bombardier has been criticised in Canada and abroad over the subsidies it receives from various levels of government. They have been described as corporate welfare and accused of violating free trade agreements, especially by Brazil. Canada and Bombardier have countered by citing Brazil's direct and indirect subsidies to Embraer, its own major aircraft manufacturer and one of Bombardier's principa ...

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European settlement on Thunder Bay began with two French fur trading posts (1679, 1717) which were subsequently abandoned (see Fort William, Ontario). Permanent settlement began in 1803 with the establishment of Fort William by the Montreal-based North West Company as its mid-continent entrepôt. The fort thrived until 1821 when the North West Company merged with the Hudson's Bay Company and Fort William lost its raison d'être. By the 1850's the Province of Canada began to take an interest in its western extremity, largely because of a dema ...

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Thunder Bay Ontario, Thunder Bay Ontario - History, Thunder Bay Ontario - Population and demographics, Thunder Bay Ontario - Government and politics, Thunder Bay Ontario - The name, Thunder Bay Ontario - City symbols, Thunder Bay Ontario - Sister cities, Thunder Bay Ontario - Geography and climate, Thunder Bay Ontario - Economy and workforce, Thunder Bay Ontario - Transportation and harbour, Thunder Bay Ontario - Media, Thunder Bay Ontario - Newspapers, Thunder Bay Ontario - Radio stations, Thunder Bay Ontario - Television stations, Thunder Bay Ontario - Education, Thunder Bay Ontario - Elementary and secondary schools, Thunder Bay Ontario - Post-secondary schools, Thunder Bay Ontario - Culture, Thunder Bay Ontario - Sport, Thunder Bay Ontario - Places of interest, Thunder Bay Ontario - Famous people

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Main article: Qingzang Railway The Qinghai-Tibet railway, or Qingzang Railway (青藏铁路), is a railway that will connect Xining, Qinghai Province to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. The 815-kilometre (506-mile) section from Xining, Qinghai to Golmud, Qinghai opened to traffic in 1984. The remaining 1,080-kilometre (670-mile) section is currently under construction from Golmud to Lhasa. It includes the now completed 3,345-metre Yangbajain No. 1 tunnel which is 4,264 metres above ...

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Rail transport in mainland China, Rail transport in mainland China - History, Rail transport in mainland China - Data, Rail transport in mainland China - Speedrail, Rail transport in mainland China - Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Rail transport in mainland China - External link

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STM was created in 2002 and replaced the STCUM, Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal (Montreal Urban Community Transit Corporation), and the transit systems of 27 cities on the Island of Montreal. Timeline of transit service in the Montreal area: Montreal City Passenger Railway Company 1861–1886 (MSR) Montreal Island Beltline Railway 1893–1899 (MTR) Montreal Terminal Railway 1899–1911 Montreal Public Service Corporation 1910–1911 (STP) Montreal Park and ...

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Société de transport de Montréal, Société de transport de Montréal - History, Société de transport de Montréal - Vehicles, Société de transport de Montréal - Bus route numbers, Société de transport de Montréal - Streetcars, Société de transport de Montréal - Horsecars, Société de transport de Montréal - Electric cars, Société de transport de Montréal - Connections, Société de transport de Montréal - Metro, Société de transport de Montréal - Paratransit, Société de transport de Montréal - Taxibus

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Toronto subway and RT - Yonge-University line 1954-1963. The first segment of the subway, which replaced a heavily-used streetcar route, ran under and next to Yonge Street from Eglinton Avenue to King Street. The route then turned west, to the southernmost station, at Front and Bay, underneath to the city's main railway terminus, Union Station. This line was completed in 1954. It was 6.5 km long. In 1963, an extension was added, north from Union Station, below University Avenue, to just south of Bloor Stre ...

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Toronto subway and RT, Toronto subway and RT - Train network, Toronto subway and RT - History, Toronto subway and RT - Yonge-University line 1954-1963, Toronto subway and RT - Bloor-Danforth line 1966-1968, Toronto subway and RT - Yonge line extension 1973-1974, Toronto subway and RT - Spadina extension 1978, Toronto subway and RT - Bloor-Danforth extension 1980, Toronto subway and RT - Scarborough RT 1985, Toronto subway and RT - Spadina extension 1996, Toronto subway and RT - Sheppard line 2002, Toronto subway and RT - Future expansion, Toronto subway and RT - Subway facts, Toronto subway and RT - Stations, Toronto subway and RT - Current stations, Toronto subway and RT - Closed stations, Toronto subway and RT - Track information, Toronto subway and RT - Track gauge, Toronto subway and RT - Vehicles, Toronto subway and RT - Subway trains, Toronto subway and RT - Scarborough RT trains, Toronto subway and RT - Work vehicles, Toronto subway and RT - Facilities, Toronto subway and RT - Formerly-planned lines

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The 815 km section from Xining, Qinghai to Golmud, Qinghai opened to traffic in 1984. Construction of the remaining 1,080 km (670 mile) section from Golmud to Lhasa started on 29 June 2001. Though this section was finished in mid-October 2005, signalling work and track testing requires a further 6 to 12 months. Rail-laying in Xizang was launched from both directions, towards Tanggula Mountain and Lhasa, from Anduo Railway Station on 22 June 2004. On 24 August 2005, track was laid at the railway's highest point, the Tanggula Mountain Pass, which is 5,072 metres above sea level.^{See also:}

Qingzang Railway, Qingzang Railway - Construction, Qingzang Railway - Criticism

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The present system uses three diesel-powered Bombardier Talent BR643 low-floor diesel multiple unit trains. It is legally considered a mainline railway despite being used for local public transport purposes, and the service it provides at present is, in terms of its route and service frequency, more like that of an urban railway than a metro or tramway. OC Transpo operates it under the official name of ‘Capital Railway’, which appears on the trains along with their regular logo. It is, however, described as ‘light rail’, partly becau ...

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Ottawa O-Train, Ottawa O-Train - Pilot project, Ottawa O-Train - Route, Ottawa O-Train - At the station, Ottawa O-Train - On board the train, Ottawa O-Train - Future plans, Ottawa O-Train - North-south line, Ottawa O-Train - East-west line, Ottawa O-Train - Other possibilities, Ottawa O-Train - Criticism

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Israel Aircraft Industries - Civilian Air systems. Arava - medium sized STOL transport aircraft Westwind business jet Astra/Galaxy business jets (now produced for Gulfstream Aerospace as the G100/G200) Israel Aircraft Industries - Military air systems. Lavi - an Israeli fighter jet, abandoned due lack of budget Kfir - fighter jet, derivative of the French Mirage 5 Nesher - fighter jet UAV - unmanned aerial drones < ...

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Israel Aircraft Industries, Israel Aircraft Industries - Products, Israel Aircraft Industries - Civilian Air systems, Israel Aircraft Industries - Military air systems, Israel Aircraft Industries - Ground defense systems, Israel Aircraft Industries - Ground transportation, Israel Aircraft Industries - Naval systems, Israel Aircraft Industries - Aerospace systems, Israel Aircraft Industries - Manufacturing plants, Israel Aircraft Industries - External link

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Hawker-Siddeley had its roots in the aftermath of the First World War following restructuring/bankruptcy of the Sopwith Aviation Company. The Sopwith Aviation Company test pilot Harry Hawker and three others (including Thomas Sopwith), bought the assets of the Sopwith Aviation Company and formed H.G. Hawker Engineering late in 1920. Between the wars Hawker produced a successful line of bombers and fighters for the Royal Air Force. These included the Hawker Hind and the Hawker Hart, which became the most produced ...

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Hawker-Siddeley, Hawker-Siddeley - Hawker Engineering, Hawker-Siddeley - Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Hawker-Siddeley - Hawker-Siddeley Group, Hawker-Siddeley - End of Hawker, Hawker-Siddeley - Hawker and Hawker Siddeley Aircraft, Hawker-Siddeley - As Hawker, Hawker-Siddeley - As Hawker-Siddeley, Hawker-Siddeley - Hawker Siddeley Today

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The InterCity 225 entered service with British Rail on the East Coast Main Line in 1990. The units also operate on a small section of the West Coast Main Line between Glasgow and Carstairs. In 1996, as part of the privatisation of British Rail, all of the existing InterCity 225s were sold to HSBC Rail, who now lease them to GNER. The InterCity 225 is still potentially the fastest domestic train running in the UK, with a top speed of 140 mph (225 km/h); during a test run on Stoke Bank between Peterborough and Grantham an Intercity 225 ...

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InterCity 225, InterCity 225 - Service history, InterCity 225 - The future

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High-speed rail - Europe. France has perhaps the most developed high-speed network in Europe. The TGV network started in 1981 with the opening of the line between Lyon and Paris. The TGV network gradually spread out to other cities, and into other countries such as Switzerland. Trains that cross national boundaries may need to have special characteristics, such as the ability to handle different power supplies and signalling systems. This means th ...

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High-speed rail, High-speed rail - Definition, High-speed rail - History, High-speed rail - High-speed trains versus automobiles or airplanes, High-speed rail - Target areas for high-speed trains, High-speed rail - Countries currently with high-speed rail, High-speed rail - Europe, High-speed rail - Asia, High-speed rail - Countries planning high-speed rail, High-speed rail - North America, High-speed rail - Australia, High-speed rail - Asia, High-speed rail - Technology, High-speed rail - Existing high-speed rail systems, High-speed rail - ETR 500 family, High-speed rail - ICE family, High-speed rail - Shinkansen family, High-speed rail - Talgo family, High-speed rail - TGV family, High-speed rail - Tilting trains, High-speed rail - Magnetic levitation trains, High-speed rail - Other

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Like all newly-built third-rail trains in the UK, one coach in each unit is fitted with a recess where a pantograph could be fitted, allowing for future conversion to run on AC power from overhead lines. Although most units are DC only, the class is numbered in the 3xx series normally used for AC units. The Class 375 is the principal new train used by South Eastern Trains; Southern's units have since been converted to Class 377. ...

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British Rail Class 375, British Rail Class 375 - Description, British Rail Class 375 - Fleet Details

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British Rail Class 357 - Class 357/0. The first batch of 44 Class 357/0 units were built to replace the Class 310 slam-door units, and allow the return of 18 hired Class 317 units to their operator WAGN. This batch of units was marred by late deliveries and reliability problems. As as a result, ADtranz built a two further units free of charge! Units are formed of four vehicles, and are numbered in the range 357001-046. Each unit is formed of two outer driving motors, an intermediate motor and an int ...

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British Rail Class 357, British Rail Class 357 - Description, British Rail Class 357 - Class 357/0, British Rail Class 357 - Class 357/2, British Rail Class 357 - General features, British Rail Class 357 - Current Operations, British Rail Class 357 - Fleet Details

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