Bombardier Transportation

Light Rail Vehicles

November 2005
 Table of Contents

Introduction
Light Rail Vehicles Organisation
Bombardier FLEXITY
Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook
Bombardier FLEXITY Classic
Bombardier FLEXITY Swift
Bombardier FLEXITY Link
Customised Transport Solutions
Major Orders

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Introduction
Light Rail Vehicles

Increased use of public transport significantly improves the quality of

life in cities that are chronically overburdened by traffic. Today,
leaving the car at home no longer means putting up with
inconvenience and loss of mobility. Bombardier’s portfolio of trams
and light rail vehicles allows for attractive transport
solutions while offering modern city dwellers the highest
level of comfort.

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Why Rail-Bound Public Transport?

Advantages of rail-bound transport solutions

• Reduction of individual car traffic
- Reduction of traffic volume
- Reduction of pollution and noise exposure
- Reduction of costs for repair and maintenance of roads

• Increase of mobility
- Attractiveness through quick connections
- Environmentally friendly transportation (effects on tourism, urban
development,…)
- Extension and interconnection of inner-city transport with overland
traffic

Realised by
• Trams
• Light Rail Vehicles
• Metros

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Passenger Capacities in Urban and
Suburban Transport

10000
Metro
Metro
Passengers per direction and hour

8000 Metro
LRV Commuter
Train
Commuter
6000 LRV Train

Tram
4000 Tram
Tram

2000
Bus
Bus

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Average traveling speed in km/h

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What are Trams and Light Rail Vehicles?

Trams and light rail vehicles are rail-bound vehicles which operate
within towns and their immediate surroundings.
Regulated by: BOStrab (Germany) or equivalent regulations.

Typical Criteria of Trams LRVs

Compression strength < 40 t < 60 t
Width 2.10 – 2.65 m 2.65 m
Axle load 10 - 12 t 12 t
Max. speed 70 km/h 80 - 100 km/h
Length 15 - 60 m 25 - 40 m
Entrance height 200 - 350 mm 350 - 1,000 mm
above TOR above TOR
Network integrated into on segregated
urban traffic tracks

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Light Rail Vehicles

As global leader in the design and production of light rail vehicles,

Bombardier Transportation has a proven competence and offers
expert solutions to public transport.
The vehicles, which are designed according to latest technological
achievements, offer maximum security and comfort for
passengers as well as cost efficiency, easy maintenance and a
long life-span.
Light rail vehicles improve public transport in urban areas.

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Division Light Rail Vehicles
Organisation
Light Rail Vehicles - Hub-Sites

Bautzen, Germany Vienna, Austria

Competence Centre for

Vehicle Logics –
Mannheim, Germany 10
Bombardier FLEXITY
The LRV Product Portfolio
 Bombardier FLEXITY - The LRV Product Portfolio

The Bombardier* FLEXITY* family encompasses the world’s most

complete and integrated portfolio of tram and light rail solutions,
allowing:
• customer benefits due to optimised and reliable product portfolio, innovative
technology and exclusive design
• synergies between existing vehicles; standardisation, modularization,
common parts for components & systems
• extensive after-sales service, enhanced spare parts program to ensure high
availability and cost efficient vehicle operation
• acting as a single-source provider; offering O&M services, financing
support, traction & propulsion systems

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* Trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries
The Bombardier FLEXITY Family - Four Main Applications

Trams Light Rail Vehicles

Bombardier FLEXITY Bombardier FLEXITY Bombardier FLEXITY Bombardier FLEXITY

Outlook Classic Swift Link
Low-floor trams Low-floor trams Low-floor and Tram-train
with step-less Low-floor high-floor light solution for dual
interior entrances at all rail vehicles voltage operation
Ensures passenger doors Fast and efficient Connecting
continuous Proven technical around town down-town and
passenger flow solutions, based For pre-metro countryside
on classical service
approach with
conventional
bogies

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Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook
Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook

Linz, Austria Lodz, Poland Eskisehir, Turkey Geneva, Switzerland

Brussels, Belgium Marseille, France Valencia, Spain Innsbruck, Austria

Graz, Austria Strasbourg, France Milan, Italy Porto, Portugal

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Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook
100% low-floor trams offering level interiors
Operation mainly in historically grown tram-networks with
narrow curve radii
Modular design and use of proven standardised components
give flexibility to fulfil unique requirements of cities
Well-known for their innovative technology and award-
winning industrial design

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Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook –
100 % Low-Floor with Conventional Wheel-Set Bogies
A groundbreaking innovation by Bombardier is the combination of
a 100 % low-floor interior and conventional wheel-set bogies,
taking advantage of two seemingly contradicting technologies

Benefits of this innovative technology:

• increased passenger comfort and operating
efficiency
• easy access, especially for passengers in
wheelchairs or with prams
• conventional wheel-set bogies offer high running
stability, noise reduction, less wear of the wheel
• reduction of maintenance intervals

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Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook - Safety

Active Safety:
- unrestricted view for the driver
- highly-developed braking management for quick
and effective stopping
- all safety-relevant parts are additionally hard-wired

Passive Safety:
- underframe made from corrosion-resistant steel
- optimum protection for passengers in case of a side-impact
- maximum safety for driver, passengers and collision partners:
1) Soft vehicle front nose (PUR)
2) Energy absorbing elements (Damper)
3) Steel-tube design resists impact of up to 40 t

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Offering 36 million passengers modern transportation on a historical
network – Linz Linien trusted Bombardier to deliver an innovative
tram solution.

Tram network: 18.9 km, 3 lines*

Number of passengers: 36.4
million/year*
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vehicles ordered in 1999, operation
commenced in spring 2002.
12 additional trams ordered in 2005
Special features/preconditions of the
tram system:
• Trams operating in the city centre‘s
pedestrian zone
• Expansion/revitalisation of the tram
network into residential areas to the
South of the city
Linz Linien is committed to ensure easy
access and maximum comfort for
passengers in wheelchairs, with prams
and with limited mobility

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*for fiscal year 2002/2003

Bombardier FLEXITY Classic
Bombardier FLEXITY Classic

Kassel, Germany Essen, Germany Krakow, Poland Schwerin, Germany

Dessau, Germany Dresden, Germany Halle, Germany Frankfurt, Germany

Bremen, Germany Leipzig, Germany Adelaide, Australia Norrköping, Sweden

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Bombardier FLEXITY Classic

Low-floor trams featuring mileage-proven wheel-set bogies, thus

increasing riding comfort and reducing wear of the wheels
All passenger doors in low-floor area
Combination of technically mature tried and tested standard elements
Reliable solutions, increasing the operator’s economic efficiency
Welded steel light-weight design eases repair works which can be
carried out at the transport authorities’ own workshops

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Bombardier FLEXITY Classic

Combination of technically mature and proven standard elements

separately manufactured front/rear module

bolted to the car body

Trailer bogie Motor bogie

Steel car body

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 Bombardier FLEXITY Classic – Video Surveillance &
Infotainment
Video surveillance
offers increased safety

for the operator

(in case of vandalism,
for passengers technical defects)

in emergencies
in operation
(security violations,
(for boarding and exiting)
first aid, fire…)

Bombardier‘s Passenger Infotainment System shows:

- information on stops and connections
- news
- advertisement
on high-quality displays inside the vehicle
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Optimising the fleet and reducing operational costs – Dresden
awarded Bombardier to develop the longest tram in Europe.

Tram network: 131.3² km, 12 lines

Number of passengers: 94 million/year
In order to renew its fleet, DVB has ordered 32
Bombardier FLEXITY Classic vehicles (with
45 m the longest tram in Europe) since December
2000, operation commenced in early summer
2003. For fewer passenger volumes DVB ordered
20 shorter vehicles (30 m length) which will be
delivered from 2006 onwards.
Special features of the tram system:
• Steady increase in passenger volume on lines
crossing the city centre
• Special topographical requirements of the DVB
network with a gradient of up to 7.69 %.
• Continuous extension of the tram network

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² as per Dec. 2003
Bombardier FLEXITY Swift
Bombardier FLEXITY Swift

Cologne - K4000, Germany Croydon, UK Minneapolis, USA Rotterdam, Netherlands

Stockholm, Sweden Istanbul, Turkey Cologne - K5000, Germany

RijnGouweLijn, The Netherlands Cologne - K4500, Germany RandstadRail, The Netherlands

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Bombardier FLEXITY Swift LF

High-capacity light rail vehicles with a width of 2.65 metres

enable multiple-unit operation
Fast and efficient in and around the city, running on segregated
tracks
Modular manufacturing concept enables, for example exchange
of the front module within a few hours

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Bombardier FLEXITY Swift HF

Especially designed for existing light-rail networks with

platform heights of approximately 900 mm
Based on the successful technology used in the low-floor
FLEXITY Swift vehicles - use of standard elements
Proven modular concept results in reduced investment and
maintenance costs

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Bombardier FLEXITY Swift –
Modular Manufacturing Concept

Roof module Systems

Assembly

Cab module Side wall module

Base frame module Bogie

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Bombardier FLEXITY Swift
Modular Manufacturing Concept

Side wall structure:

Vehicle frame: stainless steel
carbon steel

Roof: aluminium Partition wall:

aluminium /
stainless steel
Side walls, roof –
outside cover:
aluminum Interior lining/
-fitting
Driver‘s cab:
stainless/carbon
steel with GRP Mounted onto
front parts bogies

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Bombardier FLEXITY Swift –
Modular Manufacturing Concept
Advantages
• Reduced development times
• Reduction in manufacturing hours by 30-40 %
• Use of individual modules for each customer (clearly defined module interfaces)
• Maximum flexibility for the operator: quick and effortless exchange of damaged
modules

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Renewing one of the biggest light rail networks in Europe –
Bombardier delivered more than 252 low- and high-floor LRVs to
Cologne

LRV network: appr. 290 km, 16 lines*

Number of passengers: 180 million/year*
Since December 1993 KVB has ordered a total of
252 Bombardier FLEXITY Swift low- and high-floor
LRVs, replacing old tram generations as well as the
B-Wagen” series
Special features/preconditions of the tram system:
• Low-floor LRV network from East to West with platform
heights of 350 mm
• High-floor LRV network from North to South with
platform heights of 900 mm
• Steady increase in passenger numbers

*as per end 2002

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Bombardier FLEXITY Link
Bombardier FLEXITY Link

The Bombardier FLEXITY Link is an innovative dual-system

vehicle connecting downtown with the suburbs, integrating
existing heavy rail infrastructure into the urban transport
system
First ever dual-system vehicles with low-floor technology
An energy efficient solution with exceptional acceleration and
deceleration values

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Bombardier FLEXITY Link –
an Energy Efficient Vehicle Concept

Comparison regional train vs. Bombardier FLEXITY Link tram-train:

(based on 250 pass. each; 20 kWh)

Energy consumption per km

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Bombardier FLEXITY Link – Entrance: Urban - Suburban

Entrance:
Urban sections
Entrance:
Suburban sections

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Connecting down-town and suburbs –
a new bi-modal system created by Saarbahn and Bombardier

Tram-Train fleet: 28 Bombardier FLEXITY Link

dual-system vehicles
Tram-Train network: 25 km, 1 line: from
Riegelsberg on the outskirts of Saarbrücken
through the city centre to Sarreguemines in France
Number of passengers: 40,000/day*
Operation of the FLEXITY Link vehicles
commenced in 1997
Special features of the Saarbrücken tram-train
system:
• An increased volume in commuters traveling from
the outskirts to and through the city centre called for
the implementation of a modern transportation
system operating both on inner-city tram- and heavy
rail lines
• Extension of the line to the North of the city under
construction, resulting in a total length of 45 km – by
combining existing infrastructure with newly built
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*All figures as per end 2001

Customised Urban Transport Solutions
Customised Urban Transport Solutions

Nantes, France Nottingham, UK London Docklands, UK Vienna U6, Austria

Berlin, Germany Munich, Germany Vienna WLB, Austria

Rhein-Neckar, Germany Zurich, Switzerland

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Customised Urban Transport Solutions

Highly reliable and efficient public transport solutions

Individually designed vehicles excel in modern design,
spacious and friendly interiors as well as low-floor technology
Different product types from 100% low-floor trams to light rail
vehicles and fully automated driverless systems

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LRV Reference Projects
LRV Reference Projects (inc. number of vehicles)
Bremen, Germany 20 Leipzig, Germany 24

Brussels, Belgium 68 Linz, Austria 33

Cologne, Germany 252 Lodz, Poland 15

Docklands-London, UK 118 Marseille, France 26

Dresden, Germany 52 Milan, Italy 26

Essen, Germany 34 Porto, Portugal 72

Frankfurt, Germany 65 RandstadRail, The Netherlands 21

Geneva, Switzerland 21 Schwerin, Germany 30

Halle, Germany 30 Stockholm, Sweden 22
Istanbul, Turkey 55 Strasbourg, France 53
Kassel, Germany 32 Valencia, Spain 30
Krakow, Poland 26 Zurich, Switzerland 74

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