BST bags Rolling Stock contract worth $427 million to supply 160 HSR cars

Krishtina D'Silva Posted on: 2020-01-02 08:02:18 Viewer: 485 Comments: 0 Country: City:

Qingdao, China (Urban Transport News): Global mobility solution provider Bombardier Transportation announced on first day of new year 2020 that its Chinese joint venture, Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd. (BST), has been awarded a contract worth US$427 million from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (CHINA RAILWAY) to supply 160 CR400AF cars, a new Chinese standard high-speed train car for China’s evolving high-speed rail network. The 160 cars will be configured into ten 16-car trainsets with an operating speed of 350 kmph. The total contract is valued at approximately 2.97 billion CNY (US$427 million US, 380 million euros). Bombardier Transportation owns 50 percent of the shares in BST, which is consolidated by Bombardier Transportation’s partner CRRC Sifang Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. Jianwei Zhang, President, Bombardier Transportation China, said:

We are very proud to have been chosen to supply the new generation of CR400AF cars, a high-speed railway car, through our BST joint venture. China’s high-speed rail industry has become one of the nation’s economic pillar industries and the high-speed network has brought greater mobility and prosperity to the public. Bombardier is proud of its contributions to China’s rail industry and looks forward to delivering more of the high-quality products that are helping China meet its ambitious long-term mobility goals.

In 2018, BST won two contracts to build a total of 288 CR400AF cars and every car was delivered on-time and on quality. This latest contract is BST’s third and reflects the trust that CHINA RAILWAY has in BST's efficiency, reliability and competitive edge. All 160 cars will be delivered by mid-2020. Bombardier Transportation in China is the full solution provider across the entire value chain. From vehicles and propulsion to services and design, Bombardier Transportation in China has seven joint ventures, six wholly foreign-owned enterprises, and more than 8,000 employees. Together, the joint ventures have delivered 4,500 railway passenger cars, 580 electric locomotives and over 2,500 metro cars, Monorail, APM, and trams to China’s growing rail transit markets. It is a major signalling supplier to the Chinese high-speed network and through its joint ventures, propulsion equipment and signalling systems are utilized in a total of 30 Chinese cities.

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Krishtina D'Silva

Krishtina D'Silva is working with Urban Transport News as Special Correspondent (International News division). She posses a Master's degree in Journalism from New York University and responsible for covering updates from the urban mobility

BST bags Rolling Stock contract worth $427 million to supply 160 HSR cars

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