San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Bart) awarded Bombardier a contract for up to 775 metro cars in 2012 and subsequently exercised all options.
Bombardier is currently fulfilling the order at its facilities in New York, but says this will be transferred to the new “sister site” in California over the coming months. The company says the move will serve several purposes including retaining and creating local employment in Pittsburg, and freeing up capacity at the New York site for new and upcoming East Coast orders.
“The Pittsburg site will also enable Bombardier to pursue additional business opportunities in the growing rail transit equipment market on the West Coast and to serve this market with increased effectiveness,” says Bombardier Americas division president, Mr Elliot G Sander. “We’d like to thank the governor’s office of business and economic development for its support, which includes the award of a California Competes Tax Credit.”
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