MarketWatch, 7 Nov 2008
BERLIN, GERMANY, Nov 07, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has received an order for 219 driverless BOMBARDIER MOVIA metro cars from the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA). The contract is valued at approximately million 298 million euros ($380 million US / S$571 million) for the design, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, testing, commissioning and delivery of the driverless MOVIA metro vehicles consisting of 3-car trainsets. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the last quarter of 2012 and to be completed in mid 2016.
The driverless metro cars will cater to the Singapore Downtown Line Stages I, II and III which will run fully underground. The 40-km long line will transport almost half a million passengers every day, thus further enhancing commuter mobility, and also helping promote a greener mode of transportation for Singapore.
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