Bombardier
Bombardier is a Canadian aerospace and railway producer. The company has 66,000 employees at sites across the globe with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec.
History
Joseph-Armand Bombardier, a young mechanic in rural Quebec, produced a vehicle that could travel across the local snow-covered terrain. He launched the seven-passenger B7 snowmobile in 1937. He founded L’Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 to manufacture his 12-passenger B12 snowmobile. He later grew the business by introducing a number of different vehicles that accomplished different tasks. In 1959, he introduced the Ski-Doo, a personal snowmobile that became tremendously popular.[1]
In 1970, Bombardier acquired Lohnerwerke of Vienna, Austria, whose product line included trams. Four years later, the Commission de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal awarded Bombardier the contract to manufacture 423 new cars for the Montréal Métro.[1] Bombardier would eventually be awarded contracts from New York, Boston, and Toronto.
In the latter half of the 2010s, Bombardier experienced financial difficulties. Some of their projects had also experienced high-profile troubles. New streetcars for Toronto encountered a number of production delays and quality control issues. New York had similar troubles with their R179 subway cars. In August 2017, it was announced that Bombardier was excluded from bidding on the R211[2]
Alstom announced in February 2020 that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bombardier and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) regarding the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.[3] On January 29, 2021, Alstom announced the completion of the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.[4] Bombardier rail vehicles still in production at the time of acquisition continue to be produced by Alstom.
Bombardier Aerospace
Turboprop
| Built | Model |
|---|---|
| 1986-1990 | Bombardier CL-215 |
| 1993-2015 | Bombardier CL-415 |
| 1992-2019 | Bombardier DHC-8 (Dash 8) |
Turbofan
| Built | Model |
|---|---|
| 2012-2018 | Bombardier CSeries |
| 1991-2020 | Bombardier CRJ |
| 1996-present | Bombardier Global Express |
| 1986-present | Bombardier Challenger |
Bombardier Transportation
Light rail
| Built | Project | Operator | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Type 1 | TriMet | Portland, United States |
| 1991 | B90 | Docklands Light Railway | London, United Kingdom |
| 1993-1995 | B92 | Docklands Light Railway | London, United Kingdom |
| 2001-2002 | B2K | Docklands Light Railway | London, United Kingdom |
| 2002 | Flexity Outlook (Porto) | Metro do Porto | Porto, Portugal |
| 2003, 2007 | Flexity Swift (Minneapolis) | Metro Transit | Minneapolis-Saint Paul, United States |
| 2007, 2013 | Flexity Outlook (Marseille) | Régie des transports métropolitains | Marseille, France |
| 2008-2017 | U5-25 | Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2008-2017 | U5-50 | Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2008 onwards | Flexity Berlin | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe | Berlin, Germany |
| 2010-2012, 2017 | Flexity 2 (Blackpool) | Blackpool Transport | Blackpool, England |
| 2011-2013, 2017-2018, 2021-2022 | ET 2010 | Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft | Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 2013 onward | Flexity Outlook (Toronto) | Toronto Transit Commission | Toronto, Canada |
| 2013-2014 | Flexity 2 (Gold Coast) | G:link | Gold Coast, Australia |
| 2014-2017 | Flexity 2 (Basel) | Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe | Basel, Switzerland |
| 2014-2016 | Flexity 2 (De Lijn) | De Lijn | Antwerp and Ghent, Belgium |
| 2015 onward | Flexity Freedom | Metrolinx ION Edmonton Transit Service |
Toronto, Canada Waterloo Region, Canada Edmonton, Canada |
| 2018 onward | Flexity (Vienna) | Wiener Linien | Vienna, Austria |
| 2018 onward | HF6 | Rheinbahn | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| coming 2020 | Flexity (Zurich) | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich | Zurich, Switzerland |
Metro/Subway
Multiple-unit trains
Passenger coach
| Built | Project | Operator | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-1984 | LRC | VIA Rail Canada | Canada |
| 1982-2005 | Comet | Agence métropolitaine de transport Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority New Jersey Transit |
Canada United States |
| 1992 onwards | Bilevel | Various | Canada United States |
| 1997 onwards | Double-deck Coach | Various | Denmark Germany Israel |
| 2006 onwards | MultiLevel | Agence métropolitaine de transport New Jersey Transit |
Canada United States |
| 2012-2013 | MultiLevel II | New Jersey Transit | United States |
| 2014-2015 | MARC IV | Maryland Transit Administration | United States |
| coming 2022 | MultiLevel III | New Jersey Transit | United States |
High-speed trains
| Built | Project | Operator | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-2001 | Acela Express | Amtrak | United States |
| 1999 | ICE Class 411, 415 & 605 | Deutsche Bahn | Germany |
| 2000 | JetTrain | None | United States |
| 2006 | CHR1 | Chinese Ministry of Railways | China |
| 2011-2012 | Regina | SJ | Sweden |
| 2013 | V300ZEFIRO | Trenitalia | Italy |
Locomotives
| Built | Project | Operator | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-1983 | LRC | VIA Rail Canada | Canada |
| 1982 | HR-616 | Canadian National Railway | Canada |
| 1999 | HHP-8 | Amtrak MARC |
United States |
| 2001 | E464 | Trenitalia | Italy |
| 2010-2012 | ALP-45DP | Agence métropolitaine de transport New Jersey Transit |
Canada United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 History of Bombardier.
- ↑ Cooper, Robin K. New York subway contract part of Chinese firm's push to double international sales. 19 December 2016. Albany Business Review.
- ↑ "Acquisition of Bombardier Transportation: accelerating Alstom’s strategic roadmap." Press release. Alstom. 17 February 2020.
- ↑ "A transformational step for Alstom: completion of the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation." Press release. Alstom. 29 January 2021.
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| Bombardier Aviation | |
| Current Aircraft Models
| |
| Challenger | Challenger 300 - Challenger 350 |
|---|---|
| Global Express | Global 5000 - Global 5500 - Global 6000 - Global 6500 - Global 7500 - Global 8000 |
| Learjet | Learjet 70/75 |
| Previous Aircraft Models
| |
| C-Series | CS100 - CS300 |
| CRJ | CRJ-100ER/LR - CRJ-200ER/LR - CRJ-440 - CRJ-550 - CRJ-700/701/702/705 - CRJ-900/ER/LR - CRJ-1000/ER/EL |
| DHC-8 | DHC-8-400/Q400 |
| Bombardier Transportation | |
| Current Models
| |
| Light Rail | Flexity Berlin - Flexity Classic - Flexity Freedom - Flexity Link - Flexity Outlook - Flexity Outlook (Toronto) - Flexity Swift - Flexity Vienna - Flexity 2 |
| Metro/Subway | C30 - New Train Car - R179 - S Stock (London) |
| Passenger Coach | BiLevel - MultiLevel - MultiLevel III |