Bombardier Transportation (BBD_A.TO,BBD_B.TO) confirmed the receival of a firm order for 50 trams from the Department of Transport in Victoria, Australia. The contract is valued at US$293 million and includes the supply of 50 BOMBARDIER FLEXITY Swift low floor trams, a mock up, maintenance equipment and maintenance of the trams until 2017. There is also an option for a further 100 FLEXITY Swift trams.
The trams, locally known as FLEXITY Melbourne, are 33 metres long, carry up to 210 passengers and would be manufactured by Bombardier at their Dandenong site, with Bombardier's sites in Mannheim and Siegen, Germany, supplying the BOMBARDIER MITRAC propulsion system and bogies respectively. The first vehicles are due to be delivered in 2012.
Victoria's Public Transport Minister Martin Pakula stated that the order would add capacity to carry 10,500 extra passengers in peak periods.
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