Bombardier Transportation, one of largest train suppliers, has participated in the Asia Pacific Rail conference where it would showcase its BOMBARDIER MOVIA metro car. The conference started today.
"We are very optimistic about our success in Thailand, following the trend of other countries such as Singapore, India and China that have already selected our MOVIA cars," said Kristian Mikkelsen, president of Bombardier Transportation Passengers Asia.
Bombardier already holds a large engineering centre in Thailand, and "we are now looking to further expand this presence with the delivery of great vehicle solutions to Bangkok."
Bombardier's Rail Control Solutions engineering centre in Thailand, with a workforce of over 250 highly-skilled signalling engineers, works for international projects and is currently involved in the development of highly advanced solutions for over 20 Bombardier projects around the world, such as Barcelona and Bilbao metros in Spain, Stockholm light rail tram in Sweden, Tianjin metro in China, Puansan metro in Korea, Manila metro L3 in the Philippines and commuter rail service in S?o Paulo, Brazil, amongst many others.
According to the company's statement, Bombardier now produces the complete MOVIA metro vehicle in Asia through its manufacturing sites in China and India, supported by its engineering centres in Thailand and India, which together have all the necessary competencies to deliver a complete world-class metro vehicle.
Bombardier is currently celebrating the delivery of its 1500 th MOVIA car in China and its 100 th MOVIA vehicle to India, out of which close to 1000 were already fully manufactured in Asia.
The MOVIA metro is acclaimed as one of the best answers to Bangkok's rail expansion plans as it integrates the world's most advanced technologies in metro vehicle manufacturing. The metro vehicles are developed from a modular platform, thereby offering an expansive range of dimensions that can be customised to specific operator requirements while still ensuring a high degree of reliability, safety, maintainability and low life-cycle cost. The vehicles are also environmentally friendly, featuring low energy consumption, optimised noise performance and up to 90 per cent recyclability.
The company has won orders of more than 3,800 MOVIA metro cars to date.
