Bombardier Transportation has signed a $21-million contract to build seven bi-level commuter cars for Vancouver's West Coast Express at the company's Thunder Bay plant.
The order will add to the West Coast Express' existing fleet of 37 cars providing commuter rail service in the Metro Vancouver region. Deliveries of the new vehicles are expected to begin in July 2010 and extend through September 2010.
The deal is another bonus to Thunder Bay, since two weeks ago the plant landed the $1.2-billion deal to produce new streetcars for Toronto, which is already expected to create 5,700 jobs.
More than 950 Bombardier bi-level cars are in operation or on order with transit authorities in 13 cities across Canada and the United States. The Canadian-developed rail technology is utilized in major North American urban centers like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Seattle and New Mexico.
