Bombardier Receives Large Order for New Rail Vehicles & Maintenance - For Who?

[fgwrich]

Wasn't sure whether to leave this one here, place it in the Anglia thread or another part of the forum but this this has just surfaced on the internet. Given the timing, Could this mean that any new stock for the Anglian Franchise will be procured from Derby? Or could this just be a European order?

Hopefully it wont include anymore more EMUs derived from the now rather old Electrostar family though!

Bombardier Transportation Receives Order for Rail Vehicle Service and Maintenance

June 29, 2016 — Berlin
Transportation, Press Release

Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has signed a rail vehicle services and maintenance contract with an undisclosed customer. The contract is valued at approximately 355 million euro ($393 million US).

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[Wolfie]

Wasn't sure whether to leave this one here, place it in the Anglia thread or another part of the forum but this this has just surfaced on the internet. Given the timing, Could this mean that any new stock for the Anglian Franchise will be procured from Derby? Or could this just be a European order?

Hopefully it wont include anymore more EMUs derived from the now rather old Electrostar family though!

Unless I missed something there is nothing to say that this order is even for a UK customer.....

Bombardier are not building anyd more Electrostars after outstanding current orders/contracts are fulfilled - all Adventra now...

 

[samuelmorris]

Indeed, my first thought was that it's probably a European order. 355 million euros is probably what, around 220 vehicles? Not sure what that would pertain to in the UK.

 

[fgwrich]

Unless I missed something there is nothing to say that this order is even for a UK customer.....

Indeed. Hence why I wasn't sure where to put this. However, given the timing and the quiet delay to the Anglian franchise, could it be a sign that someone has put in an order and the chosen bidder is to be revealed soon? Cant think of many operators in Europe about to place any large orders at the moment in new stock, and Anglia is the only franchise at the moment mooted to receive some form of new rolling stock.

It could be 2+2 = 4 or 2+2 = something completely European. One to keep an eye on for the moment anyway!

 

[Harbornite]

This is good news, but there's nothing to state whether or not the vehicles will be built at Derby or Kassel.

 

[Domh245]

Perhaps I am missing something, but I am not reading anything about any new vehicles. This press release only mentions vehicle servicing and maintenance...

I can't remember if the crossrail contract included maintenance or not, but I would expect that it is an extension to a supply contract, so possibly LOROL or even GWR

 

[DarloRich]

Bombardier Transportation Receives Order for Rail Vehicle Service and Maintenance doesn't read as new trains to me..............................

 

[Clip]

Bombardier Transportation Receives Order for Rail Vehicle Service and Maintenance doesn't read as new trains to me..............................

Me neither. This is for fixing and maintaining so an existing contract just got extended would be my best guess

 

[fgwrich]

The ears of the Derby Telegraph seem to have pricked up.

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/der...rth-billions/story-29452185-detail/story.html

Don't forget that C2C has yet to place an order for new Rolling stock as well, so perhaps there could be a joint bid the horizon? Again, I may be reading into this far too much. Time will tell.

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/der...rth-billions/story-29452185-detail/story.html

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

I can't remember if the crossrail contract included maintenance or not, but I would expect that it is an extension to a supply contract, so possibly LOROL or even GWR

Crossrail class 345 maintenance (for 32 years) is included in the original Bombardier contract.

 

[Clip]

How long was the LO contract for when they bought their new trains?

 

[WatcherZero]

Reads to me as maintenance rather than construction contract.

Price involved I wonder if its the extra GWR 387's.

 

[TRAX]

This is good news, but there's nothing to state whether or not the vehicles will be built at Derby or Kassel.

Or Crespin. The french BBD factory provides an enormous amount (and regular flow) of rolling stock to the french market, usually with more than one order being taken care of at a time (right now Paris MF 01 metro trains + MI 09 commuter EMUs + Z 50000 suburban EMUs + Regio 2N regional EMUs).

But as stated earlier, this contract does not involve any train manufacturing.

 

[AndyPJG]

Bombardier Transportation Receives Order for Rail Vehicle Service and Maintenance

June 29, 2016 — Berlin
Transportation, Press Release

Wonder if the last word of the second line might imply something?

 

[coppercapped]

Wonder if the last word of the second line might imply something?

That Bombardier Transportation's head office is in Berlin?

(Transportation Headquarters
Schöneberger Ufer 1
10785 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49 30 986 07 0
Fax: +49 30 986 07 2000)

 

[Harbornite]

Or Crespin. The french BBD factory provides an enormous amount (and regular flow) of rolling stock to the french market, usually with more than one order being taken care of at a time (right now Paris MF 01 metro trains + MI 09 commuter EMUs + Z 50000 suburban EMUs + Regio 2N regional EMUs).

But as stated earlier, this contract does not involve any train manufacturing.

Indeed, I've only just realised.

 

[pemma]

The ears of the Derby Telegraph seem to have pricked up.

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/der...rth-billions/story-29452185-detail/story.html

They are also claiming there will be new trains for the Anglia franchise and it's between Bombardier and Siemens as to who gets the contract: http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/has...ew-carriages/story-29463090-detail/story.html

 

[Harbornite]

They are also claiming there will be new trains for the Anglia franchise and it's between Bombardier and Siemens as to who gets the contract: http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/has...ew-carriages/story-29463090-detail/story.html

It would be nice (from an enthusiast's perspective) if the Siemens Verve was chosen. No orders have been placed yet for that product IIRC.