Bombardier wins contract to supply and maintain 30 FLEXITY trams for Dresden’s transport authority
August 22 2019 - 9:12AM
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Mobility solution provider Bombardier Transportation and
Dresden’s transport authority Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe (DVB), have
signed a contract to supply and maintain 30 BOMBARDIER FLEXITY
trams, equipped with the Obstacle Detection and Assistance System
(ODAS) for preventing collisions. The contract also includes the
FlexCare maintenance management system for a 24-year period. The
value of the order is 197 million euro ($219 million US). In
addition, an option for ten additional FLEXITY trams and eight more
years of servicing and maintenance are included in the
contract.
The new FLEXITY trams are wider than DVB’s current vehicles and
offer significantly greater comfort for passengers with 2+2 seating
and large panorama windows. The new trams will be able to carry up
to 290 passengers, which is around a 10 percent increase. To allow
barrier-free access while using the existing infrastructure, only
the portion of the carbody which is above platform level is wider.
The new fleet will be delivered by the end of October 2023.
"I am pleased that Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe is counting on the
employees’ competence, know-how and the quality of Bombardier's
products here in Saxony and that these modern light rail vehicles
are being built at the Saxon sites. The future of both factories
and Bombardier's long-term commitment are very close to my heart. I
am confident that Saxon products will also increasingly prevail in
many tenders outside Saxony due to their quality, which combines
innovation and sustainability," emphasized Saxony’s Minister of
Economic Affairs, Martin Dulig.
"We urgently need the new light rail vehicles, which provide
larger capacity, in order to offer sufficient space for the rapidly
growing number of our passengers," said Andreas Hemmersbach, DVB's
Board Member for Finance and Technology. He added, "In a
multi-stage selection process, criteria such as technology, price,
service and design were evaluated on a points-based system. Of all
the manufacturers, Bombardier offered us the best overall
package."
“We are proud to support our long-standing partner and customer
DVB in their transport service expansion by supplying our
innovative, reliable and air conditioned FLEXITY trams, offering
generous multi-purpose areas and the highest safety standards. Our
FlexCare maintenance management system not only ensures high
availability and reliability, but also guarantees cost security
over the entire term of the contract. Hand in hand with DVB, we
will carry out servicing and maintenance of these FLEXITY trams
together,” explained Alexander Ketterl, responsible for the urban
transport business at Bombardier Transportation in Germany.
Michael Fohrer, Head of Bombardier Transportation Germany,
added, “This contract will be carried out at our two sites in
Saxony. The carbodies will be produced in our center of competence
for carbodies in Görlitz. Final assembly and commissioning will be
carried out at our industrial lead site in Bautzen.”
More than 4,000 trams and light rail vehicles from Bombardier
are already successfully in operation or on order worldwide.
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